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DISA Announces Four New Awardees for Proliferated LEO Services

DISA Announces Four New Awardees for Proliferated LEO Services
Last month, Eutelsat OneWeb said that the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Argus became the first military ship to field OneWeb's LEO internet for the ship's 400 man crew. The United Kingdom has deployed RFA Argus, which holds 100 hospital beds for casualties, to the eastern Mediterranean in the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel (Royal Navy Photo)

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded four contracts to Honeywell's [HON] aerospace division, AT&T [T], Iridium Communications [IRDM], and Lynk Global, Inc. for the proliferated low Earth orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services program, DISA and SSC said on Oct. 12. The four awards bring to 20 the number of companies involved in the DISA/SSC proliferated LEO effort. DISA and SSC said three awards to Honeywell, AT&T, and Iridium came on Aug.…

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