The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $5,537,367.57 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to L3 Technologies, Inc. Communication Systems-West Division for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program. This definitive contract, which has no set-aside designation, tasks L3 Technologies to establish connectivity and conduct operational experimentation leveraging commercial space internet capabilities. Key subcontractors include Wafer, LLC, Telesat Canada, DBM, and SpaceX. The DEUCSI effort supports the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation (SDPE) Office's larger $1.44 billion initiative to integrate military payloads on commercial satellites and provide resilient high-bandwidth communications for diverse Air Force assets.
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