The Space Development Agency is planning to add another 18 space vehicles on the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta variant satellite constellation, Derek Tournear, the agency director, said today. Recently, the agency awarded $1.5 billion to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build 72 T2TL Beta variant space vehicles that are scheduled to launch in September 2026. Tournear at the National Security Space Association today said that SDA is working with a third vendor and is expecting to make an announcement...