Non-traditional contractors offering SDA innovative options beyond the usual primes

By Shelley K. Mesch / June 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Non-traditional contractors are pushing to get a leg-up against massive primes that have dominated the defense industry for decades, and the director of the Space Development Agency says he wants to be an enthusiastic partner. SDA has been a leader in bringing in non-traditional contractors as primes for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, the series of satellites it’s launching for data transport and missile warning/missile tracking. The test series -- Tranche 0 -- began launching last year, while the first...

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