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Space

MDA to Build Antennas for Lockheed Martin SDA Tranche 1 Satellites

By Rachel Jewett

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

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MDA to Build Antennas for Lockheed Martin SDA Tranche 1 Satellites

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has awarded Canadian manufacturer MDA a subcontract for work on its Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer program. Under the deal announced Tuesday, MDA will design and build antennas and antenna control electronics for Lockheed Martin’s 42 Tranche 1 satellites. This includes steerable Ka-Band and Link-16 antennas, as well as the satellites’ GPS antennas. Lockheed Martin, along with York Space Systems and Northrop Grumman, won SDA prototype contracts in February to demonstrate a mesh network of optically interconnected satellites for…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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