{"id":31695,"date":"2020-11-09T20:54:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/09\/gotta-go-fast-how-americas-space-development-agency-is-shaking-up-acquisitions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:30:46","slug":"gotta-go-fast-how-americas-space-development-agency-is-shaking-up-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2020\/11\/09\/gotta-go-fast-how-americas-space-development-agency-is-shaking-up-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotta go fast: How America\u2019s Space Development Agency is shaking up acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 In March 2019, the Pentagon established a new organization to buy space systems: The Space Development Agency. But this led to some confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all, the U.S. Air Force\u2019s Space and Missile Systems Center already bought the bulk of the military\u2019s satellites and space systems, and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office acted as a supplement to drive faster programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The imminent establishment of the U.S. Space Force brought further questions: Why set up a new space acquisitions organization when the military was on the verge of reorganizing its main space acquisitions service? Some suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/08\/01\/is-the-space-development-agency-here-to-stay\/\" target=_blank>the nascent agency wouldn\u2019t survive the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2019\/07\/24\/what-will-the-space-development-agency-really-do\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/griffin.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What will the Space Development Agency really do?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Space Development Agency leaders explain how their organization differentiates itself from the military&#039;s other space-related organizations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the intervening 18 months, the Space Development Agency, or SDA, has embarked on a whirlwind tour to not only explain what it\u2019s building, but how it offers something different than legacy organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the first point: SDA was set up to build the National Defense Space Architecture, a new proliferated constellation primarily in low Earth orbit that will be made up of hundreds of satellites. That\u2019s a radical departure from traditional military space. To date, the biggest military constellation in operation is GPS, with about 30 satellites \u2015 give or take a satellite or two \u2015 on orbit at any one time. With the new architecture, SDA wants to put into orbit about 1,000 satellites by 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s got this novel approach compared to, you know, kind of the legacy approach. They\u2019ve got these very unique core values. So they do things quickly. They\u2019re a very lean organization. They move out fast. They\u2019re responsive to the needs of the war fighter,\u201d said Mark Lewis, the Pentagon\u2019s acting deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last 18 months, the agency has designed the National Defense Space Architecture, or NDSA; issued its first request for proposals; and awarded its first contracts. Here\u2019s what onlookers have seen in how the agency works differently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Gotta go fast<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area where SDA has most distinguished itself is speed, according to some observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of the reason the SDA was stood up is that there is a general recognition that the speed of the threat is increasing tremendously,\u201d said Eric Brown, director of mission strategy for military space at Lockheed Martin, one of the companies providing satellites for the NDSA. \u201cEveryone is acknowledging that in order to stay ahead and maintain our high ground from a space superiority standpoint, we\u2019re going to have to operate at a different speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At an industry day in summer 2019, SDA Director Derek Tournear laid out the agency\u2019s plan. In 2022, just three years after SDA was established, it would launch its first satellites \u2015 a little more than 20. Most military constellations consist of less than a dozen satellites, and it can take five to 10 years from conception until the first satellite arrives at the launch pad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DMT-AFA_Sept-2019.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DMT-AFA_Sept-2019.jpg.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DMT-AFA_Sept-2019.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DMT-AFA_Sept-2019.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DMT-AFA_Sept-2019.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DMT-AFA_Sept-2019.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DMT-AFA_Sept-2019.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear speaks to reporters at an Air Force Association conference in September. (SDA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDA\u2019s plans didn\u2019t stop there. The agency planned to launch increasingly large numbers of satellites into orbit in two-year tranches, culminating in a constellation of about 1,000 satellites in 2026. With this spiral development approach, the agency is looking to put mature technology on orbit now, and then provide upgraded capabilities as more tranches go online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words: In less time than it traditionally took the Air Force to design and launch one satellite, SDA wanted to launch 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the resulting 18 months, the agency has set a goal of launching its first satellites two years from now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI certainly have to applaud SDA. In every case over the past year and a half, when they have set a date they have met that date,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThey really kept to a very tight schedule, which is certainly impressive, especially for an agency that\u2019s only just standing up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDA issued its first request for proposals on May 1, seeking 20 satellites for its transport layer. Later that month, it issued another solicitation for eight wide-field-of-view satellites for its missile-tracking layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019ve done things that we\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d said Bill Gattle, the chief executive of L3Harris Technologies&#8217; space systems business. \u201cThey were able to release a request for proposal very quickly, and it was actually a pretty good request for proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gattle said SDA was unusually clear in laying out what it wanted and that the agency had one priority: speed. SDA wanted vendors who could stick to their aggressive schedule and deliver satellites in two years&#8217; time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey only gave industry 30 days to respond (for each request for proposal),\u201d Gattle said. \u201cThat is unprecedented speed \u2015 we normally get 45, 60 days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, while it typically takes months to get feedback from the customer, SDA responded within three weeks, offered the proposers notes, and required updated submissions back within two weeks, recalled Gattle. \u201cAnd then they awarded about two to three weeks later. That compressed timeline was stunning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August, the agency awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/08\/31\/space-development-agency-orders-its-first-satellites\/\" target=_blank>Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems $188 million and $94 million respectively<\/a> to each build 10 of those satellites. In October, the agency announced two more contracts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/10\/05\/space-development-agency-orders-8-hypersonic-weapon-tracking-satellites\/\" target=_blank>SpaceX and L3Harris would receive $149 million and $193 million respectively<\/a> to each build four wide-field-of-view satellites for the NDSA\u2019s missile-tracking layer. Neither York Space Systems nor SpaceX responded to requests from C4ISRNET to discuss the contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2020\/11\/06\/competitors-protest-awards-to-spacex-and-l3harris-for-hyperonic-weapon-tracking-satellites\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/northrop-grumman-counter-hypersonics-defeating-invincible-v1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Competitors protest awards to SpaceX and L3Harris for hyperonic weapon tracking satellites<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Both Airbus U.S. and Raytheon have filed protests against the Space Development Agency for the awards.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt demonstrates SDA [is] doing what it was created to do, which is to quickly obligate funds, move really quickly and execute toward the mission,\u201d Lewis said, referring to the contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt shows one of the values of SDA as kind of an independent organization in delivering this tranche 0,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s not clear that a larger, more bureaucratic organization culture could have moved as quickly as SDA did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Bringing in the new kids<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Program officials sometimes talk a big game about bringing in nontraditional vendors, yet end up awarding to the same small group of contractor giants over and over again. But with its first batch of four contracts, the agency has already brought in some surprising names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">York Space Systems, which will be building 10 transport layer satellites, has never built a major satellite for the Air Force or Space Force. The small satellite manufacturer has done some experimental work with the military, but this seems to be the company\u2019s first major contract win with the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX may be the most recognized company in the world when it comes to space, but to date the firm\u2019s efforts have been limited to launch services and satellite-enabled commercial broadband. SpaceX has scrappily fought over the last decade to win more national security launches, and earlier this year it was named<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/08\/07\/spacex-and-ula-win-massive-national-security-launch-contracts\/\" target=_blank> one of two companies providing heavy launches for the Space Force over a five-year period<\/a>. Additionally, the company\u2019s Starlink constellation has helped popularize the proliferated constellation concept on which SDA is built, and the services have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/02\/27\/air-force-spacex-to-test-starlink-capabilities-in-upcoming-live-fire-demonstration\/\" target=_blank>begun experimenting with Starlink to enable beyond-line-of-sight communications<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, this will be the first time SpaceX has built a satellite for the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither York Space Systems nor SpaceX responded to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L3Harris Technologies may not be a newcomer when it comes to supplying technology to the military, but many were likely surprised to see the company selected to build the missile-tracking satellites that will be key to the Pentagon\u2019s efforts to defeat hypersonic weapons. L3Harris has not built a missile warning satellite for the U.S. military before; its forays into infrared sensors was limited to weather satellites until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2172\" height=\"818\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32_coverjump_spaceagency.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32_coverjump_spaceagency.jpg.jpg 2172w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32_coverjump_spaceagency.jpg.jpg?resize=300,113 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32_coverjump_spaceagency.jpg.jpg?resize=768,289 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32_coverjump_spaceagency.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,386 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32_coverjump_spaceagency.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,578 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32_coverjump_spaceagency.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,771 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2172px) 100vw, 2172px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Space Development Agency selected L3Harris Technologies to develop a defense satellite system. (Business Wire via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were known pretty much as a weather company in this area, infrared,\u201d Gattle admitted. \u201cThis is the culmination for us of a pretty big pivot in our company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple of years ago, L3Harris decided to apply its weather-sensing infrared technology to missile tracking, with a focus on the types of satellites the military was signaling it wanted: affordable and quick to produce. In October, that bet seems to have initially paid off with SDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe industry people, including us, are all repositioning our companies to address basically the message that space has to be a war-fighting domain, space has to be more affordable, space has to have easier access, where you can get there faster,\u201d Gattle said. \u201cI think for a lot of us in the industry, we view this as probably the biggest transformation we\u2019ve seen since the Apollo days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, Lockheed Martin stands out in the group as a defense giant \u2014 one of the companies that\u2019s always in the discussion when selecting a military satellite manufacturer \u2014 and naysayers may point to the firm\u2019s inclusion as proof that SDA isn\u2019t reinventing the wheel. The company itself is quick to acknowledge its role in the status quo, but Brown credited the contract win to Lockheed\u2019s ability to be disruptive and quickly refocus its energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve demonstrated \u2014 and have been told from SDA \u2014 we\u2019ve demonstrated that we\u2019ve built upon Lockheed Martin\u2019s history of being disruptive,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had some success in the past and people have stopped associating us in some way with disruption, but this was a place where we really wanted to demonstrate something very differently from what you would see in some of our existing programs of record.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key example of the company\u2019s pivot from exquisite space systems to proliferated constellations is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/01\/28\/lockheed-martin-experiments-with-a-mesh-network-in-space\/\" target=_blank>Pony Express, Lockheed\u2019s experimental on-orbit mesh network<\/a>. Developed in nine months, Pony Express was privately funded by the company to test new space-based computing capabilities that could enable on-orbit artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud networking and advanced satellite communications. In other words, it was testing some of the very capabilities with which SDA wants to enable its own on-orbit mesh network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe saw the requirements coming for transport layer \u2014 frankly, it\u2019s the capability that the U.S. government has needed for some time,\u201d Brown said. \u201cPony Express really marked a little bit of a graduation, being able to show the community and show the world the kind of capabilities that Lockheed Martin had been investing in and developing for some time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed brought forward some of the technologies developed for Pony Express to the transport layer. In addition, Brown claimed, the company\u2019s proposal included plans for a diversity of subcontracts in building its satellites, helping to expand the industrial base for SDA\u2019s future tranches, which will include a massive increase in the sheer number of satellites purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1501\" height=\"1001\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pony-express1-approved.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pony-express1-approved.jpg.jpg 1501w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pony-express1-approved.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pony-express1-approved.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pony-express1-approved.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1501px) 100vw, 1501px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A technician works on Lockheed Martin&#8217;s Pony Express 1 payload.  (Lockheed Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe made a conscious choice not to take a heavily vertical approach because we don\u2019t think that that sort of vertical play that you might see from some other companies would have really benefited the SDA,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Learning from industry<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tournear has his own example of how his agency is unique, and it showcases how SDA wants to act like a commercial entity. Just as the agency awarded the two contracts for its first tracking layer satellites, it also canceled a contract for an experiment meant to reduce risk on those satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe canceled that experiment because what we do at SDA is we continually look at measuring the return on investment to get the best capability for the taxpayer dollar, and we view that as the investment going forward,\u201d Tournear said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe tracking phenomenology experiment was started before tranche 0, with the idea that it would do two things. One, it would burn down risk for tranche 0 WFoV [wide field of view],\u201d he added. \u201cAnd number two, it would give us OPIR [overhead persistent infrared] bands that were multiple bands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the agency began receiving proposals, it became clear that some of the proposers were already including multiple bands on their OPIR solutions. In other words, SDA didn\u2019t need to develop its own solution for that capability \u2014 instead, industry could provide it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the experiment would offer valuable risk reduction, giving the tracking layer a greater chance of succeeding. SDA decided to calculate whether it was worth continuing the experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/show-reporter\/ausa\/2020\/10\/12\/us-army-uses-satellites-to-affect-the-state-of-the-battlefield\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-500883304.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Satellites played a starring role at Project Convergence<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">To put it bluntly, the U.S. Army is not exactly known for its space savviness. But it&#039;s trying to change that as it prepares to face advanced adversaries in future conflicts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had to look at the cost going forward to carry the tracking phenomenology experiment, subtract from that the risk leans that it would burn down in the WFoV experiment, and calculate, in essence, our net present value going forward,\u201d Tournear explained. \u201cSo in that respect, canceling that program saved us a total net present value of $20 million.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One contributing factor was the knowledge that the experiment was only going to deliver data nine months prior to the satellites being delivered. That was not a lot of time to factor lessons learned into the final product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the agency didn\u2019t have enough money allotted to buy all eight missile-tracking satellites. But by canceling the contract, SDA could apply the $20 million to buying more of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn order to ensure we get the best capability to the war fighter, the return is higher to invest that money toward getting more of the WFoV sensors up on tranche 0,\u201d Tournear said. \u201cThat is a calculus that you don\u2019t often hear being made by the government on these programs. But it does show that we are trying to respond in a rapid manner to get these capabilities fielded as quickly as possible, and we\u2019re going to do trades to make sure that we push forward with getting those capabilities fielded.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tournear declined to say how many satellites the $20 million from the experiment bought, only noting that it enabled the agency to get the eight total satellites it wanted for tranche 0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re making good decisions. 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