
The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $3.3 billion contract to provide support services for several military communications satellite programs, per a Nov. 15 contract announcement. The award provides for 10 years of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts related to the service’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military satcom program, as well as the Milstar constellation that AEHF is slowly replacing and the Defense Satellite Communications Systems (DSCS) III constellation. Lockheed Martin has been the prime contractor for the Air…