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Three Industry-Led Teams to Build Protected Satcom Payload Prototypes

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 9th, 2020

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Three Industry-Led Teams to Build Protected Satcom Payload Prototypes

The Space and Missile Systems Center has announced three companies will build prototypes for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite Communication program as Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA] join Northrop Grumman [NOC] as the prime contractors. SMC announced March 3 that Lockheed Martin and Boeing were awarded $240 million and $191 million, respectively, for PTS payload development. Northrop Grumman won a $253.6 million contract in February. The program involves the space component of the Space Force’s Protected Anti-jam…

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