Tranche 1 Optical Communications Standard (OCS)

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking industry feedback on the design and development of optical communications terminals (OCTs) for the National Defense Space Architecture’s (NDSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL). T1TL will provide an initial warfighting capability through persistent regional access to low-latency data transport services. All responses received to this Request for Information (RFI) are solely for information and planning purposes. Responses to this RFI may be used to support future solicitations. Please see the attachments for further information and submission instructions. Amendment 1 (issued April 21 2021) The primary purpose of this amendment is to correct the response date identified in the RFI document on page 5 from 28 April 2021 to 30 April 2021. For clarity, the response date in beta.sam is accurate and remains unchanged. Amendment 1 to the RFI is uploaded and changes within the RFI are shown in highlighted text.