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Space Systems Command awards Viasat $450M Space Data Network contract
Space Systems Command awarded Viasat an IDIQ contract with a $450M ceiling and a $115M initial task order to design, field and scale the mission operations center for the Space Data Network Backbone. Separately, five companies received $12M prototype contracts each for Space Exchange Point translator satellites, with the overall effort possibly costing up to $1 billion. The Air Force has an RFI on forming a Space Data Network consortium, with a date of Nov. 24. · 5d ago
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Solicitations, SBIR topics, grants and awards3SBIRSSC11d agoSpace Systems Command seeks SBIR proposals for battle damage indication and assessment data fusion and analytics software for the BMC3I TAP Lab.Closes in 52 daysDoW SBIR 2027 CSOSpaceDefenseLifecycle4 linked Sources soughtFA8819 SDA AND COMBAT POWER SZK-LA5d agoDepartment of the Air Force seeks industry input on forming a Space Data Network consortium for space-to-space communications.Closes in 8 daysSDN-CONSORT-27-01 industry consortiumSpaceDefenseSpace Systems Command awards Viasat $450M Space Data Network contractLifecycle AwardMarshall Space Flight Center11d agoNASA Marshall awarded Viasat a $7.39M contract for Project NEXUS, a Ka-band backward-compatible relay, under NextSTEP-3 Appendix E.$7.4M obligatedNextSTEP-3 Appendix EViasatSpaceLifecycle4 linked