GovCon Wire

SDA, Lockheed Conclude Critical Design Review of Tranche 1 Transport Layer

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has wrapped up the critical design review of its satellites and related ground systems for the first tranche of the transport layer as part of the Space Development ...
Computerworld

The Transport Layer: Understanding layer 4 of the OSI Model

I like to think of the transport layer as the layer of the OSI Model that enables more interesting traffic. While we network engineers may love a lot of the simpler uses of the IP protocol and ...
SpaceNews

Lockheed Martin’s data-transport satellite clears design review

Replica of Lockheed Martin's Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellite that will be produced for the Space Development Agency. The payloads and smaller components were 3D printed, Credit: Lockheed Martin ...
SpaceNews

Lockheed Martin proposes multi-layer space network for missile defense

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon could get far more bang for its missile-defense buck if all the sensor satellites located in different orbits could talk to each other and share data via optical links, ...