Col. Eric Felt: Direct-to-cell services conceivably could enhance or replace dedicated narrowband satcom systems like the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)

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After conducting market research, the Space Systems Command said ‘limiting competition to the Boeing Company and Northrop Grumman is justified’

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The largest projected contracts are for Marine Corps communications services and airborne satcom for senior leaders

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The Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program is planning a live demonstration of an airborne terminal in 2025

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The Evolved Strategic Satcom satellites are for command and control of U.S. nuclear forces

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Space Systems Command’s program executive officer Cordell DeLaPena says large, expensive satellites will be ‘disaggregated’

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The company is targeting two U.S. Space Force multibillion-dollar satellite communications programs

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Acquisition executive Frank Calvelli said the Space Force will award cost-plus contracts for the upcoming Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications System

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Two satellites designed to bring mobile broadband coverage to the Arctic region for civilians and military users have completed key tests ahead of their planned launch next summer.

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The global satellite operator SES will provide services to the U.S. Defense Department under a five-year agreement worth up to $270 million.

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The Space Force is gearing up for a major procurement of strategic communications satellites that provide nuclear-survivable communications for the U.S. military and national command authorities.

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A plan floated by military agencies to interconnect commercial and government satellite networks into a “hybrid” space architecture seems impractical, industry executives said.

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The Space Force awarded a $10 million contract to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab to evaluate the software and cybersecurity of ground systems being developed for a new classified satellite network.

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The U.S. Space Force should overhaul its current approach to procuring commercial satellite communications services, a RAND Corp. report recommends.

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The U.S. Space Force announced July 24 it selected 16 companies that will compete for low Earth orbit satellite services contracts.

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CesiumAstro won a U.S. Air Force contract to develop a phased array antenna for military drones.

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The Space Systems Command on June 6 opened a new office and conference center dedicated for doing business with the commercial space industry.

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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth $80.3 million to conduct communications experiments using multiple commercial space internet services.

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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract worth $80.8 million to conduct communications experiments using multiple commercial space internet services.

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The U.S. Space Force in its 2024 budget allocated $59 million to buy satellite communications services from SES’ new broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit known as O3b mPower.

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Northrop Grumman is developing a geostationary communications satellite that will compete against a Boeing design in a military procurement estimated to be worth $2.4 billion.

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Lockheed Martin was selected as the “preferred bidder” for a multibillion-dollar Australian military project to build military communications satellites and supporting infrastructure. 

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Companies in the satcom industry are trying to support DoD’s vision of a seamless military-commercial architecture.

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Emerging communications services that connect phones directly to satellites are attractive to military users that operate in locations where there is no cellular network connectivity

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