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May 21, 2025

Report to Congress Hypersonic Missile Defense

U.S. Naval Institute News From the report The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) are currently developing

February 10, 2025

SDA Issues Special Notice Seeking Iron Dome for America Architecture Studies

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking executive summaries to prepare for 60-day studies on an “Iron Dome for America”

September 6, 2024

Production scaling woes delay next Space Development Agency launches

Defense News Plans for the Space Force’s Space Development Agency to kick-start its next phase of launches this month is

September 5, 2024

SDA demos laser links crucial for future SATCOM, missile tracking network

Breaking Defense WASHINGTON — Space Development Agency (SDA) Director Derek Tournear announced today that the agency has successfully demonstrated the

May 29, 2024

Space Development Agency to procure dedicated ground systems for missile defense experiments

Space News WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency (SDA) announced plans to procure two separate ground systems in support of its experimental missile

May 14, 2024

Terran Orbital awarded subcontract from Lockheed Martin for SDA’s T2TL

Satnews Lockheed Martin will provide the SDA with 16 wide field-of-view missile warning/missile tracking space vehicles with infrared sensors and

May 1, 2024

‘The One’: Millennium wins ‘FOO Fighter’ missile defense satellite program

Breaking Defense WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency today announced that Millennium Space Systems will develop all eight planned satellites to provide

March 19, 2024

SDA’s data relay, missile tracking networks to be operational by end of 2025: Tournear

Breaking Defense The Space Development Agency’s planned constellations for data relay and missile warning/missile tracking will be operational and providing service to

March 14, 2024

General Atomics to Provide Missile Warning Payloads for Space Development Agency

The Defense Post General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has received a contract to supply missile warning payloads to Lockheed Martin

February 16, 2024

SDA, MDA missile tracking demonstration payloads blast off

Breaking Defense A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday successfully lofted six Defense Department demonstration satellites to low Earth orbit