Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week. She has written about U.S. and international military and space tech since 2016 from bureaus in Washington, Los Angeles and Stuttgart, Germany. Her byline has appeared in outlets including Defense News, Via Satellite, Foreign Policy, Defense Daily, National Defense Magazine and Business Insider.
The company will use the facility to support the design, development and production of new space superiority solutions and expand its classified operations.
The SDA is embroiled in a lawsuit related to two contracts worth $424 million each, awarded last Aug. 16 to York Space Systems and Tyvak International.