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U.S. Space Force Looking for Cost Estimates on PTES Modifications

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

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U.S. Space Force Looking for Cost Estimates on PTES Modifications

Pictured is the liftoff of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket on March 15, 2019. That rocket carried the 10th Boeing Wideband Global Satcom satellite into orbit (ULA Photo)

U.S. Space Force wants cost estimates on modifying the design of Boeing's [BA] future Protected Tactical Enterprise System (PTES) ground segment that will initially support Boeing's Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites to an architecture that includes commercial medium earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) applications. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Boeing a nearly $440 million contract on March 1 last year for the 12th WGS satellite (Defense Daily, March 6, 2024). PTES is to provide military…

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