A SpaceX Falcon 9 loaded with a Tranche 0 payload variant for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) sits on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. (Space Development Agency)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has closed the second of two prototype development contracts for the next phase of the Space Development Agency's (SDA's) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) development, bringing the total cost of both contracts to USD1.3 billion, according to a 30 October agency statement.

The DoD's SDA inked a USD732 million deal with Northrop Grumman Space Systems to develop, deliver, and operate 38 low Earth orbit (LEO) space vehicles (SVs) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) phase of the PWSA, SDA officials said in the statement. Along with SV development, the Northrop Grumman deal will also finance prototype work for “associated ground systems and operations and sustainment capability” tied to the 38 T2TL-Alpha SVs, they added.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 loaded with a Tranche 0 payload variant for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) sits on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. (Space Development Agency)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has closed the second of two prototype development contracts for the next phase of the Space Development Agency's (SDA's) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) development, bringing the total cost of both contracts to USD1.3 billion, according to a 30 October agency statement.

The DoD's SDA inked a USD732 million deal with Northrop Grumman Space Systems to develop, deliver, and operate 38 low Earth orbit (LEO) space vehicles (SVs) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) phase of the PWSA, SDA officials said in the statement. Along with SV development, the Northrop Grumman deal will also finance prototype work for “associated ground systems and operations and sustainment capability” tied to the 38 T2TL-Alpha SVs, they added.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 loaded with a Tranche 0 payload variant for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) sits on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. (Space Development Agency)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has closed the second of two prototype development contracts for the next phase of the Space Development Agency's (SDA's) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) development, bringing the total cost of both contracts to USD1.3 billion, according to a 30 October agency statement.

The DoD's SDA inked a USD732 million deal with Northrop Grumman Space Systems to develop, deliver, and operate 38 low Earth orbit (LEO) space vehicles (SVs) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) phase of the PWSA, SDA officials said in the statement. Along with SV development, the Northrop Grumman deal will also finance prototype work for “associated ground systems and operations and sustainment capability” tied to the 38 T2TL-Alpha SVs, they added.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 loaded with a Tranche 0 payload variant for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) sits on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. (Space Development Agency)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has closed the second of two prototype development contracts for the next phase of the Space Development Agency's (SDA's) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) development, bringing the total cost of both contracts to USD1.3 billion, according to a 30 October agency statement.

The DoD's SDA inked a USD732 million deal with Northrop Grumman Space Systems to develop, deliver, and operate 38 low Earth orbit (LEO) space vehicles (SVs) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) phase of the PWSA, SDA officials said in the statement. Along with SV development, the Northrop Grumman deal will also finance prototype work for “associated ground systems and operations and sustainment capability” tied to the 38 T2TL-Alpha SVs, they added.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 loaded with a Tranche 0 payload variant for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) sits on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. (Space Development Agency)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has closed the second of two prototype development contracts for the next phase of the Space Development Agency's (SDA's) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) development, bringing the total cost of both contracts to USD1.3 billion, according to a 30 October agency statement.

The DoD's SDA inked a USD732 million deal with Northrop Grumman Space Systems to develop, deliver, and operate 38 low Earth orbit (LEO) space vehicles (SVs) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) phase of the PWSA, SDA officials said in the statement. Along with SV development, the Northrop Grumman deal will also finance prototype work for “associated ground systems and operations and sustainment capability” tied to the 38 T2TL-Alpha SVs, they added.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 loaded with a Tranche 0 payload variant for the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) sits on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. (Space Development Agency)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has closed the second of two prototype development contracts for the next phase of the Space Development Agency's (SDA's) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) development, bringing the total cost of both contracts to USD1.3 billion, according to a 30 October agency statement.

The DoD's SDA inked a USD732 million deal with Northrop Grumman Space Systems to develop, deliver, and operate 38 low Earth orbit (LEO) space vehicles (SVs) for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) phase of the PWSA, SDA officials said in the statement. Along with SV development, the Northrop Grumman deal will also finance prototype work for “associated ground systems and operations and sustainment capability” tied to the 38 T2TL-Alpha SVs, they added.