WASHINGTON — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received an eight-year extension to a contract it has held since 2002 for technical services in support of U.S. military communications satellites’ ground systems.
The corporate, based in San Diego, California, was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract value as much as $579 million, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command said Nov. 22.
The contract is for a program named C-SAR, short for Command-and-Control System-Consolidated Sustainment and Resiliency. The brand new agreement with Kratos runs through November 2031.
The corporate will maintain and develop satellite ground systems for the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command. The satellites covered under the contract include the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III, the Milstar Satellite Communications System, the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), and the Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) systems.
The Command-and-Control System-Consolidated system provides “planning, processing and knowledge assurance measures,” the Space Systems Command said. It’s designed to interface with existing constellations and in addition to support future satellites. As latest constellations are deployed, Kratos shall be chargeable for information technology infrastructure upgrades.
Contract supports 26 satellites
Program director George Gonzales, of the Space Systems Command’s military communications satellite office, said the brand new contract with Kratos supports command-and-control operations of 4 constellations and 26 military communication satellites, “in addition to the combination of recent satellites and future constellations.”
In accordance with a DoD contract announcement Nov. 6, the work shall be performed at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado; Vandenberg Space Force Base, California; and Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. The C-SAR award was a competitive acquisition but just one offer was received.