Spacenews has signed contracts with the US Space Development Agency (SDA) and American companies Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to build and operate 72 space satellites with a total cost of $1.5 billion.

The US Space Agency announced that it has signed two agreements worth $1.5 billion for the creation and operation of spacecraft. <…> 72 satellites <…>. [Кожна з компаній] will make 36 Beta-type satellites forming a single Transport Layer Slice 2 (T2TL) group for the department.”– said in the statement of AKR.

According to available data, under the agreements reached, Northrop Grumman will receive $ 733 million, and Lockheed Martin $ 816 million. The launch of the first devices into space is scheduled for 2026. In the statement made by AKR, it was stated that T2TL-Beta systems will be used to target targets out of sight, to warn against missile launches and to follow flight routes.

It will be reminded that the US Space Development Agency was established in 2019 under the Department of Defense. The agency is engaged in the development of program policy for the next generation of military space programs.