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DoD’s Commercial SATCOM Office Preparing Several Awards In 2020, Including $1 Billion Navy Contract

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DoD’s Commercial SATCOM Office Preparing Several Awards In 2020, Including $1 Billion Navy Contract
The U.S. destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107), flagship for Standing NATO Maritime Group One, leads 11 naval ships from nine nations in close formation during a Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2019 photo exercise. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Pentagon’s commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) office will release a final proposal request next April for a potential 10-year, $1 billion contract to provide the Navy’s broadband enterprise satellite services, with plans to award a contract in October 2020. Melissa Copeland, senior program analyst with the Air Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office, told attendees on Monday at a Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) conference her office is also readying several additional COMSATCOM opportunities in 2020, including CENTCOM support services and…

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