Billions Awarded, Billions More to Come The Race to Build Space Defense

Forward Edge-AI + Rogue Space Systems are driving innovation for the Proliferated Warfighter Space 

Architecture (PWSA)—an SDA initiative enhancing military sensing & secure data transport in LEO.

💡 Key Innovations:
🔹 Quantum-resistant space encryptor by @ForwardEdgeAI safeguards critical data
🔹 Complements a high-throughput space router, building a secure data infrastructure for U.S. national defense

🤝 This collaboration aligns with PWSA’s mission to establish resilient, efficient, space-based communication, setting a new standard in cryptography & LEO data transport

🌍 The NDAA Connection:
Overlaps Forward Edge-AI’s work in advancing quantum-resistant technologies

Supports zero-trust frameworks & enhances military communication resilience

Directly complements SDA’s Transport Layer to establish secure networks in space

📜 SDA Contract Highlights

Tranche 0 (2020):
🔹 Lockheed Martin: $187.5M (10 satellites)
🔹 York Space Systems: $94M (10 satellites)

Tranche 1 (2022):
🔹 York: $382M (42 satellites)
🔹 Lockheed: $700M (42 satellites)
🔹 Northrop Grumman: $692M (42 satellites)

Tranche 2:
🔹 Beta Variant (2023):

Northrop: $733M (36 satellites)
Lockheed: $816M (36 satellites)
🔹 Alpha Variant (2023):
York: $617M (62 satellites)
Northrop: $732M (38 satellites)
🔹 Gamma Variant (2024):
York: $170M (10 satellites)

Tyvak/Terran Orbital: $254M (10 satellites)
🔹 Additional Beta (2024):
Rocket Lab: $515M (18 satellites)

These projects power resilient, secure, low-latency LEO communication, shaping the future of U.S. defense 🇺🇸