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Tyvak received $254 million and York $170 million to build and operate 10 satellites each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next month, Viasat, one of the losing bidders, filed a protest with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims alleging SDA did not fairly consider its proposal and that other firms were given an unfair advantage in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of an internal review, the Air Force determined that an SDA official violated the Procurement Integrity Act in its communication with Tyvak and other contractors, and in an update filed Feb. 14, SDA said it would re-compete the firm\u2019s contract but leave York\u2019s intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tyvak, a subsidiary of Terran Orbital that is now owned by Lockheed Martin, has been under a stop work order since mid-December, an SDA spokesperson told Defense News. York\u2019s work, however, has not been disrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SDA declined to provide details on the schedule for awarding a new contract and said a solicitation will be released soon. According to the court documents, the competition will be managed by personnel not involved in the original awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court filings note that re-opening competition for the effort could have implications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/12\/05\/how-the-space-development-agency-could-have-died-any-number-of-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\">SDA\u2019s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture<\/a>, a constellation that will include hundreds of data-transport and missile-tracking satellites. Because the prototypes are meant to inform future technology for that constellation, a delay to their delivery could be a setback for the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An SDA spokesperson refused to elaborate on the impact of the delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documents claim that an SDA procurement official influenced the source selection by revealing to one of the competing contractors that its bid was the second highest the agency received and wouldn\u2019t be selected. The official also instructed Tyvak to partner with an unnamed contractor and conveyed \u201cexpectations regarding their proposal pricing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force in its review called the communication \u201cprejudicial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the review, the service placed then-Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear on administrative leave, and on Jan. 16 appointed Lt. Gen. 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