Lockheed Martin has delivered 21 satellites destined for the next launch of the U.S. military's 'Transport Layer', marking a significant production and integration milestone ahead of the scheduled mission. The shipment moves the program forward toward fielding its dedicated transport-layer satellite capability.
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21 satellites were delivered — a discrete production and integration milestone that directly supports the broader campaign to field a planned 126‑satellite transport-layer mesh (SpaceX launched 21 York-built satellites).
The delivery follows recent launch activity and parallel supplier progress — including SpaceX deployments of transport-layer nodes and Rocket Lab clearing CDR for Tranche 2 hardware — signaling multi-vendor momentum toward operational capability (SDA launches first operational PWSA satellites; Rocket Lab Clears Critical Design Review for SDA’s T2TL-Beta).
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• Sandra Erwin