The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Kratos Defense and Security Solutions an eight-year single award contract worth up to $579 million to provide the service branch with satellite control capabilities and directly support satellite systems.
The Command-and-Control System- Consolidated (CCS-C) Sustainment and Resiliency (C-SAR) contract, has been held by Kratos since 2002.
“The CCS-C system is part of SSC’s Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing program executive office and provides planning, processing, and information assurance measures,” SSC said on Nov. 22.
“CCS-C is designed to interface with dedicated ground and payload control systems and is postured to be the ground control system of choice to support new and emerging satellites,” added SSC.
The satellite systems that will receive support under the new contract include the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III, Milstar Satellite Communications System, Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), and Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) satellite systems.
“This contract will sustain a baseline currently supporting C2 operations of four separate constellations and 26 military communication satellites, with added lines of effort that provide the agility to deliver cyber and operational resiliency, as well as the integration of new satellites and future constellations,” stated George Gonzales, MILSATCOM Product Support Delta director.
