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Space industrial base racing to meet growing demand for military satellites

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Defense Department plans to proliferate hundreds of new military satellites over the next decade .

Space Development Agency's spiral acquisition strategy is being used for Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture .

SDA plans to field systems in batches every two years , with each iteration carrying the latest technology available.

The first operational satellites known as Tranche 1 were slated to launch in fall 2024 .

Northrop Grumman has been moving through production as much as possible and building multiple satellites in parallel.

L3Harris is also trying to move away from single or sole-source suppliers by building strong relationships with subcontractors.

York Space Systems has found the most effective way to mitigate supply chain risks has been to buy satellite buses from providers ahead of receiving mission specifications.

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