Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear is interviewed by DefenseScoop Managing Editor Jon Harper at DefenseTalks, Sept. 15, 2022. SDA director blasts critics inside DOD bureaucracy who don’t like his ‘bad cop’ attitude Derek Tournear wrote in a post published on LinkedIn on Thursday that he was recently told to no longer act as the “bad cop” for SDA or… Oct 5, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
(Getty Images) SDA, SpaceX set to fly second batch of Tranche 0 satellites The agency will soon launch 13 additional systems with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Sep 1, 2023 By Mikayla Easley
(Getty Images) After initial delays, SDA clears first batch of Tranche 0 satellites for launch The Space Development Agency has cleared the first data transport and missile tracking satellites in Tranche 0 for launch on Thursday, as it moves to proliferate satellites… Mar 29, 2023 By Mikayla Easley