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U.S. Space Force Awards General Atomics, Blue Origin, Viasat, CACI Laser Terminal Prototype Contracts

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U.S. Space Force Awards General Atomics, Blue Origin, Viasat, CACI Laser Terminal Prototype Contracts
U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said that SSC personnel discussed military space needs with Capitol Hill staffers on May 2 "during the first facilitated ‘Acquisition Day on the Hill.'" Pictured is an SSC chart from that event in which Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli spoke (U.S. Space Force Photo).

The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on June 17 that it has awarded laser communication terminal prototype contracts to General Atomics, Blue Origin, CACI International Inc. [CACI], and Viasat [VSAT] in the first of three phases of the $100 million Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. The awards came through SSC's Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), created in 2017 to lower costs by widening the field of military space providers to commercial start-ups and small businesses. EST "aims…

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