SAIC awarded $55M mission integration contract from SDA

Science Applications International has been awarded the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, PWSA, Tranche 3 Program Integration contract from the Space Development Agency, SDA. This new $55 million contract spans a five-year performance period and is set for a May 1, 2025, program start. The PWSA is a constellation populated with multi-vendor space vehicles for the Transport, Tracking and Custody Layers and an associated ground system designed to address critical Department of Defense capability gaps associated with closing challenging kill chains with precision and speed. The Tranche 3 space layers will provide multi-band global communications access and persistent encrypted connectivity for warfighter missions, global missile defense, augmented Position, Navigation and Timing and 24/7, all-weather custody of time-sensitive targets. Under this new contract, SAIC (SAIC) will deliver mission-first management of enterprise requirements, schedule, engineering, technical reviews and risk to help address the complexity of integrating multiple Tranche 3 space layers, the ground segment, the existing space segments and operational users.