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U.S. Space Force Announces Up to $4 Billion in Awards for PTS-G

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U.S. Space Force Announces Up to $4 Billion in Awards for PTS-G
U.S. Space Force Col. Jay Steingold, left center, the executive director for the Resolute Space 2025 exercise, speaks next to Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Darrell May, center, Space Forces Indo-Pacific deputy commander, and Space Force Lt. Col. Shawn Green, left, the exercise deputy director, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 8 (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) is awarding contracts worth up to $4 billion for the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) program to Boeing [BA], Northrop Grumman [NOC], Viasat [VSAT], Astranis, and Intelsat General--the U.S. division of Luxembourg's SES, which bought Intelsat this month. SSC said on Tuesday said that it plans to award a PTS-G production contract next year to meet initial operational capability "with a projected launch in 2028, putting the first PTS-G satellite in orbit." "A second…

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