Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 3 Transport Layer (T3TL) Upsilon DRAFT Solicitation

Location: Federal
Posted: Mar 6, 2025
Due: Mar 31, 2025
Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE
Type of Government: Federal
Category:
  • A - Research and development
Solicitation No: SDA-SN-25-0007
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Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 3 Transport Layer (T3TL) Upsilon DRAFT Solicitation
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Notice ID
SDA-SN-25-0007
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Department/Ind. Agency
DEPT OF DEFENSE
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DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
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FA2401 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDA
General Information View Changes
  • Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Mar 06, 2025 08:49 am EST
  • Original Published Date: Jan 23, 2025 03:46 pm EST
  • Updated Response Date: Mar 31, 2025 12:00 pm EDT
  • Original Response Date: Feb 10, 2025 12:00 pm EST
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: Mar 31, 2025
  • Original Inactive Date: Feb 25, 2025
  • Initiative:
    • None
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  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: AC13 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
  • NAICS Code:
    • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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Description View Changes

The Space Development Agency (SDA) anticipates soliciting proposals from industry for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 3 Transport Layer Upsilon (T3TLυ). The T3TLυ constellation will consist of four (4) orbital planes with ten (10) T3TLυ SVs in each plane, and the government intends to make two awards of twenty (20) vehicles each. Every T3TLυ SV will be interoperable with all PWSA SVs, regardless of vendor. The T3TLυ SVs will include optical communications terminals (OCTs) to support in-plane and cross-plane crosslinks, links to terrestrial OCTs (ground, air, and maritime), and crosslinks to compatible SVs external to the Transport Layer. The T3TLυ SVs provide TACSATCOM bidirectional communications links with select tactical users worldwide via UHF and S-band communications, as well as Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) – Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (IBS-L) space-based broadcast of threat warning, situational awareness, targeting, and C2 data to warfighters worldwide via UHF communications.



Please see the attached DRAFT solicitation for details.



Instructions for requesting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) documents and one-on-one, draft solicitation discussions are provided in the Solicitation Cover Letter.



AMENDMENT: This special notice has been reactivated to notify potential offerors that the final solicitation release is planned for April 2025.


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  • MEADOWS 1 CP 571 372 5007 4755 MEADOW WOOD LANE
  • CHANTILLY , VA 20151-2222
  • USA
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Jan 23, 2025[Special Notice (Original)] Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 3 Transport Layer (T3TL) Upsilon DRAFT Solicitation
Apr 25, 2025[Special Notice (Updated)] Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 3 Transport Layer (T3TL) Upsilon DRAFT Solicitation
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