The new "Fire-Control On Orbit-Support-To-The-War Fighter (FOO Fighter or F2)" program "will accelerate the ability to provide new fire control options for the tactical users," an SDA spokesperson told Breaking Defense. But how does it play with MDA programs?
The funds in question essentially are monies that the Defense Department wants to move around from one program to another deemed more urgent something that happens every year because DoD budget requests happen nearly a year before funds can be spent.
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) is issuing this Other Transaction Authority (OT) solicitation to establish the foundation for Tranche 2 (T2) of the
The Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a solicitation for 100 satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) on June 28. The SDA
The plan is to grant two contractors Other Transaction Authority awards to design and build the "Alpha" variant of SDA's Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites, with delivery of the first four in time for a September 2026 launch.