SDA lifts stop-work order on tracking layer satellites, sticks with SpaceX, L3Harris

By Courtney Albon / January 8, 2021 at 12:49 PM
SpaceX and L3Harris have resumed work on the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 0 satellite development contracts after a series of protests put the companies' contracts on hold and led the agency to reevaluate bids. "Work recommenced December 28," SDA spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea confirmed to Inside Defense in an email today. "The reevaluation confirmed the original selection decision announced in October." SDA awarded contracts to SpaceX and L3Harris Oct. 5 to deliver four wide-field-of-view satellites each to support...

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