Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Calls for Clear Gov’t Strategy, Funds for Commercial Satcom Procurement

Six companies have received $278.5 million in agreements from NASA to build and demonstrate space communication services as the agency moves to decommission its fleet of near-Earth satellites. Inmarsat’s U.S. government arm, Kuiper Government Solutions, SES Government Solutions, Telesat U.S. Services, SpaceX and Viasat are expected to complete development and demonstrations by 2025 under the

The Defense Information Systems Agency has begun to seek proposals for the second iteration of a potential 10-year, $979.8 million contract to provide satellite communications services under the Commercial Broadband Satellite Program. The CBSP Satellite Services Contract II seeks to support the U.S. Navy’s commercial satcom requirements by enabling the military branch to acquire satellite

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, told Catherine Melquist, president of the Mobile Satellite User Association, in an interview published on MilsatMagazine that the U.S. government and industry are teaming up to leverage the opportunities of space by making changes to acquisition practices.