Space Development Agency Awards Contract to Rocket Lab

Company Will Build 18 Additional Beta Variant Satellites for Tranche 2 Transport Layer

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded a prototype agreement to Rocket Lab National Security LLC to build and operate 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) – Beta variant prototype space vehicles, which will join the previously-awarded 72 Beta space vehicles to form the foundation of Tranche 2 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The…