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Air Force

Air Force Awards Hosted Payload Solutions ID/IQ Contracts

Pat Host

Thursday, July 10th, 2014

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Air Force Awards Hosted Payload Solutions ID/IQ Contracts

Photo: NASA.

The Air Force Thursday awarded 14 different $495 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS), according to a Defense Department statement. The following companies received contracts: Astrium Services Government, Harris [HRS], Space Systems/Loral (SSL), Millennium Engineering and Integration, Surrey Satellite Technology U.S., Orbital Sciences [ORB], Boeing [BA], Exoterra Resources, Lockheed Martin [LMT], Merging Excellence and Innovation Tech, ViviSat, Intelsat General Corp. (IGC), SES Government Solutions and Eutelsat America Corp. HoPS is to provide a rapid and flexible means…

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