SDA Space Transport Layer Tranche 0 DRAFT RFP

Q&A Round 1 has been uploaded.  Additonal rounds will follow in the near future.

SDA seeks industry feedback on this draft RFP.  Please email feedback to Christopher.l.glista.civ@mail.mil no later than 5:00 PM Eastern April 17, 2020 and include “SDA Transport Layer T0 Draft RFP” in the subject line.  

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is responsible for defining and monitoring the Department's future threat-driven space architecture and accelerating the development and fielding of new military space capabilities necessary to ensure our technological and military advantage in space for national defense. To achieve this mission, SDA will unify and integrate next-generation space capabilities to deliver the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA), a resilient military sensing and data transport capability via a proliferated space architecture primarily in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). SDA will not necessarily develop and field all capabilities of the NDSA but rather orchestrate those efforts across DoD and fill in gaps in capabilities while providing the integrated architecture.

SDA's mission begins and ends with the warfighter. SDA recognizes that sufficient or "good enough" capabilities in the hands of warfighter sooner may be better than delivering the perfect solution too late. SDA will deliver capabilities to our joint warfighting forces in two-year tranches, starting with the Transport Layer Tranche 0 (T0).

The design, build, launch, and test of the Transport Layer T0, or the warfighter immersion tranche, will be delivered in the 4th Quarter of Government Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The Transport Layer will serve as the backbone of the architecture by providing assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to a full range of warfighter applications.  SDA has completed its risk analysis associated with the development of the Transport Layer. The purpose of the Transport Layer Tranche 0 RFP and resulting contract award(s) is to go into a prototyping effort leading to the development and fielding of test assets for T0.

Please see the attached DRAFT RFP for details. 

SDA seeks industry feedback on this draft RFP.  Please email feedback to Christopher.l.glista.civ@mail.mil no later than 5:00 PM Eastern April 17, 2020 and include “SDA Transport Layer T0 Draft RFP” in the subject line.