The SDA was the Pentagon’s answer to the lengthy procurement cycles plaguing the adoption of emerging space capabilities. “A national security space architecture that provides the persistent ...

The request includes funding for systems designed to defend the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missiles from ...

The Space Development Agency announced in October 2020 the award of two contracts to build satellites for the tracking layer of the National Defense Space Architecture. (Space Development Agency) ...

The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act—the annual bill that authorizes Defense Department spending levels and provides overall military policy—may serve as a vehicle for several space ...

Hundreds of U.S. companies on Tuesday urged Congress to back off a plan to kill a small federal office tasked with managing ...

The Space Development Agency renamed its network of military satellites—formerly known as the National Defense Space Architecture—to the “Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture,” or PWSA.

According to SDA, the PWSA, formerly known as the National Defense Space Architecture, aims to be a “resilient layered network of military satellites and supporting elements,” which include ...

The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency tapped L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems to prototype and maintain the Tranche 1 (T1) Tracking Layer of its National Defense ...

Defense officials say a moving target indicator capability that includes both air and space assets is needed until the department defines its architecture.

The Space Force is building up its space defense architecture to help modernize the Space Surveillance Network (SSN), which monitors objects and potential threats in space. It… ...

The US Space Force announced it has awarded Boeing a $2.8 billion contract to build two critical defense satellites. These ...

Japan’s fledgling space defense sector is taking its cues from the US Space Development Agency, which is pursuing a novel concept based on constellations of small satellites and maximum use of ...