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Air Force Awards Boeing Contract to Build Additional Wideband Global Satcom Satellite

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Air Force Awards Boeing Contract to Build Additional Wideband Global Satcom Satellite
Space and Missile Systems Center’s WGS-10 (Wideband Global SATCOM) encapsulated satellite mated with a Delta IV launch vehicle was revealed completely as the tower rolled back in preparation for launch Mar. 15, 2019 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, along Florida’s Space Coast. (Photo: Air Force)

The Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a not-to-exceed $605 million firm-fixed price contract modification to build one additional Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, according to an April 19 announcement. The new system would be the 11th WGS satellite in the constellation. Congress appropriated $600 million in the fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill for two additional WGS satellites. The WGS program office released a sole-source request for proposal to Boeing in June 2018. Instead of two new satellites, the…

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