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Space RCO Wants Budget Commitment on 12 SCAR Antennas

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Space RCO Wants Budget Commitment on 12 SCAR Antennas
Pictured is Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Mike Guetlein with personnel from the Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirtland AFB, N.M. on June 2 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) in Albuquerque, N.M., is hoping to get a budget commitment in fiscal 2026 for 12 Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas. In 2022, Space Force awarded BlueHalo, acquired last month by AeroVironment [AVAV], a $1.4 billion Other Transaction Authority rapid prototyping contract for SCAR (Defense Daily, May 24, 2022). "If we're given a bunch more money, and we've gotta go build these [SCARs] at scope and scale, we might go out…

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