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16 Companies Chosen for Space Systems Command LEO Communications

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16 Companies Chosen for Space Systems Command LEO Communications
Maj. Gen. Steve Whitney, Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, head of Space Systems Command, Joy White, Space Systems Command, executive director, Col. Richard Knisely, senior materiel leader for the Space Force's Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO), Col. Janelle Jackson of the Air Force Research Laboratory and John Forte, CEO and president of the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation cut the ribbon for the Space Force's Commercial Space Marketplace for Innovation and Collaboration (COSMIC) office in Chantilly, Va. on June 6 (Department of the Air Force Photo)

Under a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite-Based Services program that may be worth $900 million, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded 16 companies five-year contracts to establish commercial communications for military use. The July 18 DISA contract awards came via SSC's Commercial Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Office (CSCO), which received 25 bids. The companies, receiving the awards, which include a five-year option, are SpaceX; Capella Space's Capella Federal, Inc.;…

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