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The Space Force filled its final three Portfolio Acquisition Executive seats on July 14, completing a nine-portfolio restructuring that pushes 90-92% of contracting authority down to mission-level leaders.
Read the story →The Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris $955M and Sierra Space $798M to build 36 Tranche 3 missile-tracking and missile-defense satellites for Golden Dome for America, bringing the Tracking Layer to 104 spacecraft with delivery expected by end of 2028.
Space Force awarded Impulse Space and Relativity Federal spots on the $5.6B NSSL Lane 1 launch IDIQ, adding an upper-stage-only prime and a reusable-rocket startup to a pool that now spans seven companies through FY2029.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's FY2027 NDAA removes separate statutory requirements for SDA and Space RCO, giving the Air Force Secretary flexibility to fold both into Space Force's new Portfolio Acquisition Executive framework.
The House Armed Services Committee chairman's mark published May 28 would eliminate the Space Development Agency and Space Rapid Capabilities Office, transferring their authorities to Space Force Portfolio Acquisition Executives ahead of a June 4 full committee markup.
Space Systems Command awarded SpaceX a $2.29B Other Transaction Agreement to build the Space Data Network Backbone, a militarized Starshield LEO constellation delivering worldwide tactical communications and broadband, with a fully operational prototype required by end of 2027.
Odyssey Systems Consulting Group received a $48.9M contract modification on May 8 exercising Option Year Four of its Space Domain Awareness technical acquisition and advisory services contract with Space Systems Command, bringing the cumulative contract value to $202M. Work runs at Peterson Space Force Base through May 2027.
Space Systems Command expanded Anduril's SDANet contract ceiling from $99.7M to $200M, funding the next phase of a Lattice-powered mesh network connecting Space Surveillance Network sensors worldwide.
Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Rocket Lab, and Northrop Grumman each build 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 constellation. Launches scheduled FY29. Lockheed leads at $1.1B; Rocket Lab's award is its largest defense win.
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