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U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center

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The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center announced three Other Transaction Authority agreements in June with a combined value of $309,000,000 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, General Atomics, and Raytheon Technologies to develop prototype weather satellites to characterize clouds globally and observe weather in military theaters.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

Collins Aerospace was one of three companies selected on 2020-07-08 by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to develop new GPS handheld devices for the U.S. military.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2020BAE Systems completes acquisition of Collins’ military GPS business

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center plans to start launching Next-Gen OPIR geosynchronous satellites in 2025 and polar satellites in 2027.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2020Northrop Grumman gets $2.3 billion Space Force contract to develop missile-warning satellites

Tetra-1 was the first project awarded in 2018 by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center Space Enterprise Consortium.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipApr 21, 2020Millennium Space delivers smallsat for upcoming U.S. Space Force rideshare mission

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Space Micro a $3,000,000 contract for a laser communications terminal designed to transmit data at 100 gigabits per second.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipApr 1, 2020Space Micro wins $3 million for laser communications terminal

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center reached an agreement with Raytheon on 2020-03-31 to replace the hardware used in the next-generation ground control system for the GPS constellation by 2022-04-01.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2020Raytheon to replace OCX hardware by 2022 for $378 million

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded contracts each worth up to $500,000,000 to Raytheon and L3Harris to develop and produce cyber secure satellite communications modems for the Department of the Air Force and the Army.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMar 30, 2020L3Harris, Raytheon each win $500 million contracts for military satcom modems

The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center released a solicitation for bids on 2020-03-18 for a 10-year contract to manage the Space Enterprise Consortium.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMar 19, 2020Bids sought for $12 billion Space Enterprise Consortium contract

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center selected Boeing and Lockheed Martin on 2020-03-03 to develop jam-resistant communications payloads under the Protected Tactical Satcom program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2020Boeing, Lockheed win U.S. Space Force contracts to develop satcom payloads

On 2020-02-12, the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center selected Northrop Grumman as the first vendor to build a prototype payload under the Protected Tactical Satellite Communications (PTS) program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipFeb 13, 2020Northrop Grumman to develop jam-resistant payload for U.S. military communications satellites

The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center spends about $7,000,000,000 a year.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space and Missile Systems CenterTechnical ProductFeb 7, 2020Will Space Force oversight constrain SDA? Current and former bosses offer contrasting views.
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