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Space Development Agency Awards 2 Missile-Tracking Contracts

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The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two prototype agreements with a potential value of more than $1.3 billion for the establishment of the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer, which aims to provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems. The projects will provide the initial missile warning/missile tracking of the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA). The satellites are expected to launch in April 2025. T1TRK will detect, identify, and track hypersonic weapons and other advanced missiles from their earliest...Read full article

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    Published: July 2022
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