What Happened
Five Companies Selected for Multi-Vendor Architecture Approach
The US Space Force has awarded contracts to five companies, including Amazon LEO, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, as part of its efforts to develop a multi-vendor architecture for its Space Data Network. The agreements, valued at $12 million each, aim to demonstrate ground-to-space and space-to-space data transport between vendor systems. This initiative is part of the Space-Based Sensing and Targeting Portfolio Acquisition Executive’s strategy to evolve the military’s procurement and integration of satellite communication technologies, as reported by Via Satellite.