The Space Development Agency announced Monday it has awarded a $515 million contract to Rocket Lab National Security to build 18 additional Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta variant satellites, an increase in the size of the constellation from 72 to 90 space vehicles. Rocket Lab National Security is a third vendor joining the team of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman , who were previously awarded a total amount of $1.5 billion to build 72 T2TL Beta variant satellites in August last...
