Kratos Wins $579M Satellite Services Contract From Space Systems Command

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has secured a potential eight-year, $579 million contract from Space Systems Command to provide satellite communication support to the U.S. Space Force and SSC.

The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a $146.3 million task order for the continuation of command and control sustainment services as well as systems and software engineering and modernization, SSC said Wednesday.

Kratos is expected to support the Defense Satellite Communications System III, Wideband Global Satellite, Milstar Satellite Communications System and Advanced Extremely High Frequency systems.

The contract will also seek to address challenges in data sharing and obsolete technologies within the Space Force’s military satellite command.

The performance period begins on Dec. 1, 2023, and is targeted for completion on Nov. 30, 2031.

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