{"id":32486,"date":"2023-10-26T15:07:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T15:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/26\/space-force-sees-satcom-awards-surging-to-20-billion-this-fiscal-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:36:36","slug":"space-force-sees-satcom-awards-surging-to-20-billion-this-fiscal-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/govcon\/2023\/10\/26\/space-force-sees-satcom-awards-surging-to-20-billion-this-fiscal-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force sees SATCOM awards surging to $20 billion this fiscal year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 As the Space Force looks to modernize its military satellite communications and positioning, navigation and timing capabilities, its acquisition command is preparing to award contracts for programs in fiscal 2024 worth some $20 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total value of the contracts to be solicited this fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, is an exponential increase from the $1.6 billion awarded across the SATCOM and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/04\/08\/us-space-force-to-test-experimental-navigation-satellite-in-upcoming-army-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\">PNT portfolios in fiscal 2023<\/a>, according to Cordell DeLaPena, the Space Systems Command program executive officer who oversees those programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2023\/09\/15\/how-two-satcom-companies-are-responding-to-starlinks-dominance\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RFA-ARGUS-OW-Connectivity-.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How two SATCOM companies are responding to Starlink\u2019s dominance<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">OneWeb and Intelsat are positioning themselves to compete with Elon Musk&#039;s SpaceX.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking Oct. 19 at a Space Industry Days event in Los Angeles, DeLaPena said the planned awards, which largely reside in the SATCOM portion of his directorate, represent a significant shift the service is making towards fielding more resilient capabilities in orbit and on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force has traditionally relied on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/09\/07\/us-space-force-eyes-partnerships-for-tactical-satellite-communications\/\" target=\"_blank\">military-owned communication satellites<\/a>, residing in geosynchronous orbit \u2014 about 22,000 miles about the Earth\u2019s service. In recent years, it has come to think of those spacecraft as targets for adversaries and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/04\/12\/space-companies-investing-in-small-satellite-production-capacity-as-customers-shift-to-hybrid-architectures\/\" target=\"_blank\">has begun to transition to smaller satellites<\/a>, some commercially owned, located in lower orbits that can provide a broader range of capability, including faster data transmission and protections against enemy attempts at jamming their signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe MILSATCOM mission area will transform, will pivot from providing not only network communications at the tactical edge, but will evolve into the data transport backbone from space \u2014 moving data from one side of the Earth to the other,\u201d DeLaPena said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is making a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/07\/18\/launch-of-air-forces-experimental-navigation-satellite-delayed-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">similar transition in its PNT portfolio<\/a>, which includes satellites like GPS, but is earlier in the process. DeLaPena said the Space Warfighting Analysis Center is designing a plan for what those capabilities may look like and should have findings within the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Space Force anticipates awarding the contracts in FY24, the funding will be distributed over a longer period of time, as is typical for Defense Department acquisition programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anticipated deals would fund new projects as well as upgrades to existing systems that will help the Space Force transition to its new architecture. That includes an $8 billion contract that would fund the development of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications constellation, which will replace legacy Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites. 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