Space Development Agency Seeks Industry Feedback on Potential T2DES Capabilities

The Space Development Agency is asking commercial firms to provide input regarding technologies that could be integrated into the Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation System, a set of roughly 20 testbed satellites for future capabilities.

T2DES is part of the Transport Layer, a planned 216-satellite constellation meant to facilitate soldier communications and data transmission. The layer itself is part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a network of hundreds of low-Earth orbit satellites intended to support Department of Defense missions such as Joint All-Domain Command and Control.

SDA is considering the development of payloads that carry, among others, jam-resilient radio technology and translators that enable interaction with private-sector spacecraft.

In a request for information posted on May 31, vendors were asked what capabilities would be ready to deploy by 2027. SDA noted that a contract for T2DES is scheduled for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024.

The deadline for responses is on June 15, DefenseScoop reported Thursday.