The U.S. Navy plays a crucial role in the space industry through Naval Space Command (NAVSPACECOM). NAVSPACECOM is tasked with developing space capabilities to provide the Navy with global communications, targeting, and reconnaissance using space-based assets. They advocate for space-based capabilities and integrate them into maritime operations, working with partners like the U.S. Space Command to ensure maritime operations are supported by space assets. The Navy also has a history of contributing to manned spaceflight programs, including astronaut recovery and the development of satellite technology for navigation and communication.
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A third Ministry of Defence uses Evolution to provide connectivity for its army, navy, air force, special ground forces, and public sector organizations.
The MACH-TB program will be managed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Test Resources Management Center (TRMC) and executed by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division.
The U.S. Navy invited Seasats to participate in Digital Horizon 2022 to develop maritime domain awareness and accelerate the Navy’s robotic and artificial intelligence maritime capabilities.
Inmarsat Government supported the U.S. Navy under the preceding CSSC contract by delivering connectivity between the Navy's global fleet of shipboard terminals and shore-based telecommunications infrastructure.
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command plans to deploy as many as 100 U.S. and allied unmanned surface vessels next year in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea for maritime surveillance.
As part of a Naval Research Laboratory mission, Terran Orbital designed and built four identical ionospheric research PropCubes.
Inmarsat Government was awarded the U.S. Navy Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) Satellite Services Contract (CSSC II) by the Defense Information Systems Agency with a ceiling value of $980,000,000 over a 10-year period.
In August, Inmarsat Government won another 10-year deal worth $578,000,000 to provide communications services for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command.
The U.S. Navy requires Inmarsat to build a network interoperable with military Ka-band satellite systems and to provide coverage in the Arctic region.
Inmarsat Government won a 10-year contract worth $980,000,000 on 2022-10-11 to provide broadband satellite and terrestrial communications services to the U.S. Navy.
L3Harris secured a contract in July 2022 to provide the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s JADC2 architecture and integrated fires capability.
Stantec previously operated as Cardno Government Services when it helped develop the Navy’s enterprise decision-support system for encroachment management under a prior five-year IDIQ.
Stantec Government Services has been selected by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest to lead multidiscipline architect-engineer and consulting services under a five-year, $30,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity single-award task order contract.
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) received a $99,000,000 order for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) terminals from U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) on behalf of the MIDS Program Office.
The $99,000,000 order falls under a U.S. Navy Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded to Viasat in 2020 with a maximum value of $998,000,000 for the production, retrofits, development, and sustainment of MIDS JTRS terminals.
The $99,000,000 order falls under a U.S. Navy Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded to Viasat in 2020 with a maximum value of $998,000,000 for the production, retrofits, development, and sustainment of MIDS JTRS terminals.
On 2022-08-22 Viasat was awarded a $99,000,000 order for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) terminals from U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) on behalf of the MIDS Program Office.
James F. Geurts performed the duties of Under Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Navy, and Chief Management Officer of the U.S. Navy prior to his retirement in 2021.
James F. Geurts retired from government service in August after serving several months as the acting undersecretary of the U.S. Navy.
The U.S. Navy originally acquired four MUOS satellites plus an on-orbit spare launched in 2016, and the MUOS program has since transferred to the Space Force.