SDA delays planned September contract awards for Tranche 3 Transport Layer

SDA delays planned September contract awards for Tranche 3 Transport Layer

The Pentagon is pushing back a contract award for the next phase of its proliferated low-Earth orbit communications network, raising questions about the possibility of a major new plan for the multibillion-dollar Transport Layer effort following a nearly $500 million cut by the Trump administration. In a July request to Congress, the Defense Department sought to shift $2 million from the Space Force’s Space Technology Development and Prototyping…