Rocket Lab Wins Another Defense-Related Space Contract
Rocket Lab has secured an $816 million contract with the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and manufacture 18 satellites equipped with advanced missile warning and tracking sensors. This contract, part of the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 program, adds to Rocket Lab's growing defence portfolio, which now exceeds $1.3 billion in SDA contracts.
Rocket Lab has won an $816 million contract — its largest to date — with the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) as the company continues to diversify beyond its “rocket company” label.
The company said Friday that its subsidiary, Rocket Lab USA, was awarded a prime contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and manufacture 18 satellites. The satellites will be equipped with advanced missile-warning, tracking, and defence sensors for the agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 3 program.
This contract is separate from an existing $515 million award to deliver satellites for the SDA’s Transport Layer-Beta Tranche 2 program. That program aims to provide a satellite communications network in low Earth orbit that sends encrypted, low-latency data to the military.
Together, Rocket Lab has SDA contracts valued at more than $1.3 billion.
Rocket Lab has expanded into defence and, more recently, said it would bid on multibillion-dollar Department of Defence initiatives such as Golden Dome.
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