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Lockheed Picks MDA to Build Antennas for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer Satellites

Lockheed Picks MDA to Build Antennas for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Lockheed Martin has tapped Canadian space technology company MDA to design and develop antennas and related control electronics needed for the low Earth orbit satellites it is producing under a Space Development Agency program.

MDA said Tuesday it was awarded a contract that provides for GPS, Ka-Band and Link-16 antennas for 42 Lockheed satellites meant to join the SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation.

T1TL is envisioned to form a network of 126 space vehicles that are optically interconnected to enable low-latency, high-volume data transport communication. The system will become part of the National Defense Space Architecture.

Lockheed is among SDA’s awardees of prototype agreements to build up the program.

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