This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a major defense contractor, for $29,378,604.72 to conduct "Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet". The contract has a period of performance through October 31, 2025. The original solicitation was a pre-solicitation notice seeking proposals to establish connectivity and conduct experimentation leveraging emerging commercial space...
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...
This is a $29,906,919 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Raytheon Company for the "Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI)" program. The contract has no set-aside designation. The contract supports leveraging emerging commercial space internet capabilities to establish connectivity and conduct operational experimentation. Key aspects include integrating military payloads on commercial satellites, providing resilient...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hughes Network Systems LLC, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, for "DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION USING COMMERCIAL SPACE INTERNET." The $5,178,722.00 firm fixed-price contract has a period of performance through May 28, 2025. It was awarded on April 14, 2021 and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract originates from a pre-solicitation notice issued by the Air Force Strategic Development...
This definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at $25.755 million was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to L3 Technologies, Inc. Communication Systems-West Division for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call 002 effort. The contract period of performance spans from February 2021 through April 2023. Under this award, L3 will connect fixed and mobile Air Force platforms to space internet providers SpaceX and Telecom International LLC through the use of...
This is a $172,100,803.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to L3 Technologies, Inc. Systems Company Division, a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc. The contract supports the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call 003 initiative, a multi-band, multi-orbit satellite communications experimentation program led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation Office. The contract has no...
This federal contract award to L3 Technologies, Inc. Communication Systems-West Division, a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc., is for the "DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION USING COMMERCIAL SPACE INTERNET" program. The $42,444,182.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, will support the establishment of connectivity and conduct operational experimentation leveraging commercial space internet capabilities. The contract is not set aside for any...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a definitive contract valued at one million seven hundred fifty-one thousand nine hundred seventeen dollars ($1,751,917) to Oneweb Technologies Inc. to support the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet initiative. Per the solicitation, the Air Force Research Laboratory seeks to connect fixed and mobile Air Force platforms to multiple commercial space internet constellations...
This $191,345,064 definitive contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a major defense contractor, for the "Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call 003 Multi-Band, Multi-Orbit Satellite Communications Experiments" program. The contract has no set-aside designation. This contract is part of a broader effort by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation Office to leverage emerging...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $1.953 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Maxar Mission Solutions Inc., doing business as Radiantblue Technologies, to support the Air Force Explore Opportunity Call. The initial solicitation sought transformational ideas to address challenges in aviation rearming/refueling, personnel recovery kit delivery, or vehicle tracking through commercial imagery. Radiantblue will assess the operational viability and technical feasibility of proprietary...