USAF Extends Lockheed Contract on Milstar, DSCS

摘要

The U.S. Air Force plans to extend a contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, California, for operation support services on the service's legacy communication satellites through June 2015, according to a document posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website Nov. 25. The contract, worth about $49 million, would cover orbital operations of the Milstar constellation, which provides highly secure communications, and the Defense Satellite Communication System (DSCS). Lockheed Martin was the prime contractor on both programs and has held the contract on similar work since 2009. The total value of that contract, with the new extension, is about $458 million, the document said.