{"id":34590,"date":"2021-02-17T21:08:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/17\/space-operations-command-taps-linquest-for-support\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:17:57","slug":"space-operations-command-taps-linquest-for-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2021\/02\/17\/space-operations-command-taps-linquest-for-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Operations Command taps LinQuest for support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Space Operations Command awarded a nearly decade-long $200 million contract for advisory and assistance services to LinQuest, the Department of Defense announced Feb. 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/10\/21\/space-force-establishes-the-first-of-three-field-commands\/\" target=_blank>Established in October 2020<\/a>, Space Operations Command is the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/06\/30\/heres-how-the-space-force-will-be-organized\/\" target=_blank> first of three field commands being created under the U.S. Space Force<\/a>. SpOC oversees the operations of the Space Force\u2019s satellites, including ones for GPS, the Space-Based Infrared System and various government-owned communications satellites. SpOC is designated as the Space Force\u2019s service component to U.S. Space Command, the combatant command started in 2019 to oversee military operations to and from space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force expects to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/12\/16\/space-systems-command-finalized-coming-in-early-2021\/\" target=_blank>add the Space Systems Command<\/a> in early 2021 to develop, acquire and sustain systems for the service. The third command, the Space Training and Readiness Command, will provide training and education to the service\u2019s space professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $200 million award to LinQuest is an indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract, with work expected to be complete Feb. 28, 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LinQuest has won several awards in recent years to provide support for the military\u2019s various new space organizations. The U.S. Air Force awarded the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2019\/07\/19\/air-force-sticks-with-familiar-face-for-support\/\" target=_blank>a $562 million contract<\/a> to provide engineering, integration and solution support for military satellite communications systems and architecture over about seven years. LinQuest was one of two companies to submit bids for the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LinQuest also secured a $9 million contract to support the establishment of Space Command in 2019. 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