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Air Force Awards Contracts For Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration

Monday, August 15th, 2016

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The Air Force on August 11 awarded contracts to Raytheon [RTN], L-3 Communications [LLL] and ViaSat [VSAT] for Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration (PTSFD).PTSFD will demonstrate the ability to provide wideband anti-jam communications to tactical users using the Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) constellation and commercial SATCOM. The contracts are cost-plus-incentive-fee deals. Aerial view of the Pentagon, Arlington, VARaytheon’s contract is worth $40 million, L-3’s $38 million and ViaSat’s $33 million. The awards were the result of a competitive acquisition…

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