The Space Development Agency logged another success with its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture last night when some of its first satellites were able to acquire and maintain a data link through lasers and optical sensors, director Derek Tournear said. The satellites used in the demo connected in “well under” the SDA requirement of 100 seconds, Tournear said at the Defense News Conference today, and they maintained the optical link for “several hours.” “From my perspective,” Tournear said, “we demonstrated...
