Intelsat General Communications LLC

Intelsat General Communications LLC, a for-profit limited-liability company and subsidiary of foreign-owned parent SES Space & Defense, Inc., operates as a prime contractor delivering satellite communications capacity, bandwidth, managed teleport services, and satellite internet systems (including Starlink and Starshield access) to defense and civilian federal agencies on a full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Intelsat General's federal footprint centers on space-segment capacity and communications infrastructure. Prime awards span Ku-band and C-band satellite bandwidth for range testing and evaluation (Air Force, $9.69 million delivery order under GSA MAS through November 2027), end-to-end C-band transmission services for broadcast-direct-to-sailor operations across Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific ocean regions (Air Force, $35.9 million delivery order under MAS through October 2028), satellite capacity and managed teleport services for the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (Air Force, $473,850 delivery order under MAS through April 2030), and commercial Ku-band space segment for USCENTCOM Southwest Asia operations (Space and Missile Systems Center, $43.5 million delivery order under MAS through March 2030). Intelsat also provides protected tactical satellite communications design and demonstrations under the PTS-G IDIQ (Space and Missile Systems Center, $7.299 million delivery order through July 2040), low-earth orbit satellite services (Defense Information Systems Agency PLEO IDIQ, multiple orders including $408,100.78 for operational packaged PLEO service through March 2027), and Starshield satellite internet terminals and services across Air Force and Army installations (Air Combat Command Starshield BPA, $750,000 ceiling through June 2028; Air Education and Training Command, $142,175.94 order for 801 Starshield units at Nellis AFB).

Customer concentration is extreme and defense-dominated. The top five agencies account for 98% of combined potential value: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory and Defense Information Systems Agency each anchor $13 billion in potential value; the Space and Missile Systems Center carries $4.33 billion; GSA Federal Acquisition Service holds $3.45 billion; and the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command carries $864.7 million across 184 awards. By award count, Navy Information Warfare Systems Command dominates with 184 awards (58% of the top-five count), followed by Navy Office of Naval Research (43 awards, $37.5 million combined value) and Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (31 awards, $2.3 million combined value). This ranking divergence reflects Navy's high volume of smaller orders against Intelsat's significant IDIQ vehicles, while Air Force Materiel Command and DISA anchor the dollar position through two $13 billion IDIQs. Civilian agency presence is minimal: brief engagements include State Department Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ($171,600 IDV for Starshield services in Lebanon, single-award through May 2026), EPA Region 4 ($2.39 million definitive contract for satellite uplink and data connection services through November 2026), NOAA ($75,692.88 delivery order for VSAT circuits through February 2028), and Departments of Interior, Justice, and Coast Guard on smaller purchases and Starlink/Starshield procurements.

Intelsat General holds five named parent vehicles: the Indefinite Delivery Contract HC101310D2000 (220 task orders, $243.9 million combined potential value); GSA Multiple Award Schedule (85 delivery orders and BPA calls, $656.3 million combined potential value); the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit Satellite-Based Services IDIQ awarded by DISA on July 18, 2023 ($13 billion ceiling, 5-year base plus 5-year option through July 17, 2033, with multiple deliveries orders from DISA and other agencies); the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) IDIQ awarded by Space and Missile Systems Center on July 28, 2025 ($4 billion ceiling through July 28, 2040 for design, development, test, and production of protected tactical satellite communication space vehicles and associated ground systems); and the Army's Satellite Augmentation and Management Services (SAAMS) BPA (single-award, $3.6 million ceiling through September 25, 2024, with six task orders for managed broadband services and terminal leases at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland). Activity has contracted sharply: 51 awards in 2024, 29 in 2025, and only 9 in 2026 year-to-date. Thirteen awards (combined potential value $68.3 million) face completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete risk.

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts, Intelsat General invoiced $23.9 million in FY2023 and $0 in FY2024 and FY2025; the SCI dataset shows minimal FTE trajectory, hovering near 0.0–0.1 FTEs across fiscal years 2022–2025. SCI reports only five named subcontractors and zero average sub-hours share across prime contracts, indicating self-performed delivery on reportable service engagements. This SCI footprint is a strict subset of the vendor's total federal satellite services revenue, which is dominated by space-segment capacity and equipment sales captured outside the service-contract threshold. In its subcontractor role, Intelsat General provides satellite communications services and hardware to primes including Booz Allen Hamilton (C4ISR technical engineering and DBMN Phase II programs), Salient Crgt (MAVERICK task order support with materials), Colsa Corp (Bounty Hunter systems development, including Starlink and Starshield equipment and services), Atlantic Diving Supply (Starshield and Starlink equipment and subscriptions across multiple task orders), and The MITRE Corporation (Air Force National Security Engineering Center services). The company's prime-vs-sub split is 83% prime, 17% sub, positioning Intelsat as a primary vehicle holder rather than a feeder to larger defense primes, though Atlantic Diving Supply represents a recurring resale channel for Starshield and Starlink subscriptions to defense customers.