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Wideband Global Satcom

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Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) is a high-capacity United States Space Force satellite communications system. It provides flexible, high data rate communications for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), governmental organizations, and international partners, including Canada and Australia. Manufactured by Boeing, the WGS system consists of satellites, control operators, and terminal users, offering services in X and Ka frequency bands and augmenting systems like the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS). WGS provides essential communications services, allowing Combatant Commanders to exert command and control of their tactical forces, from peacetime to military operations.

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Boeing received a $439,600,000 contract to build the 12th Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0Mar 6, 2024USSF awards Boeing WGS-12 satellite production contract

WGS-12 will be the 12th satellite of the Wideband Global Satcom geostationary constellation that provides communications services to the United States and allied countries.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Mar 1, 2024Boeing gets $439 million contract for U.S. military communications satellite

The first Wideband Global Satcom satellite was launched in 2007.

GeneralValue 3.0Mar 1, 2024Boeing gets $439 million contract for U.S. military communications satellite

The new satellite will be named WGS-12 and will be the 12th satellite of the Wideband Global Satcom geostationary constellation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Sep 22, 2023Air Force validates Boeing’s new WGS satellite

The Wideband Global Satcom constellation provides communications services to the United States and allied nations.

GeneralValue 2.0Sep 22, 2023Air Force validates Boeing’s new WGS satellite

The proposed chairman’s mark would prohibit the U.S. Space Force from issuing a contract for procurement of the Wideband Global Satcom WGS-12 satellite that Congress directed in the 2023 spending bill.

LegalRelationshipsPlanValue 3.6Jun 13, 2023Rogers in draft NDAA bill presses Air Force on relocation of U.S. Space Command

Congress funded the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite WGS-12 in the 2023 defense budget.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Apr 22, 2023U.S. military buying SES mPower satcom services under new NATO agreement

Boeing unveiled the Protected Wideband Satellite design that features the Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype payload hosted aboard the U.S. Space Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-11 spacecraft.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 16, 2023Boeing’s new military satellite integrates anti-jam payload for enhanced battlefield comms

Boeing unveiled a new version of the U.S. military’s Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite on 2023-04-13 that includes a new payload designed under a U.S. Space Force contract.

CapabilityPlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 13, 2023Boeing unveils WGS-11 design with new military payload

The OpenEdge 2500 is built ready to work with Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites.

CapabilityValue 3.2Apr 10, 2023Kratos debuts their integration-ready OpenEdge™ Digitizer designed for satellite antenna mfgs

Boeing’s PTS prototype will launch as a hosted payload on the U.S. Space Force’s Wideband Global Satcom WGS-11 satellite, which Boeing is developing under a 2019 contract.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityFinancialValue 4.0Apr 9, 2023Northrop Grumman developing military communications satellite for 2025 launch

Intellian Technologies developed a new mobile communications terminal with the U.S. Navy that provides simultaneous connectivity with commercial Ka-band satellites and the military Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) constellation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Mar 16, 2023DoD seeking seamless military-commercial satellite communications

The Space Systems Command confirmed on 2023-02-07 that the congressional funding added in the 2023 budget will pay for a geosynchronous Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite.

FinancialPlanGeneralValue 4.0Mar 14, 2023As DoD pivots to smaller satellites, Congress airdrops a big one into the budget

The initial deployment of PTES capability will be over the government’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) fleet.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Mar 9, 2023Boeing Successfully Demos Anti-Jam Capability for US DoD Satellites

Boeing is the primary contractor for the Wideband Global Satcom program and has produced 11 WGS satellites to date.

RelationshipsGeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 7, 2023Boeing’s ground system for U.S. satellite communications passes key test

The new geostationary satellite will be named WGS-12 and will be the 12th satellite of the Wideband Global Satcom constellation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 7, 2023As directed by Congress, Space Force to procure wideband communications satellite

Boeing is developing the U.S. military’s 11th Wideband Global Satcom satellite, WGS-11+, which is projected to be completed by 2024.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 15, 2022Boeing’s anti-jam satellite communications payload on track for 2024 launch

Indra will implement X-band and Ka-band nodes that will act as a gateway between user terminals at various locations via the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite constellation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 14, 2022Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency Awards Indra a Contract to Deliver Satellite Anchor Stations

Indra will implement X-band and Ka-band nodes that will act as a gateway between user terminals and the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite constellation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 10, 2022Indra awarded Norwegian Defence Material Agency contract for satellite ground segment implementation

Congress added $600,000,000 in 2018 for a Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite that the Air Force did not originally request.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Jun 22, 2022DoD Satcom: Big money for military satellites, slow shift to commercial services
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