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Hughes awarded spot on $950M Air Force contract for satellite networking Solutions

Hughes awarded spot on $950M Air Force contract for satellite networking Solutions

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Germantown-based Hughes Network Systems LLC Tuesday was awarded one of several prime positions on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $950 million by the U.S. Air Force to support its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).

Hughes will offer flexible satellite communications solutions that leverage open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable ABMS, part of the broader Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) effort to deliver information accessibility to the warfighter.

Our leading, open standard, interoperable network solutions enable Department of Defense networks to operate as one.

This IDIQ contract is part of a multiple award, multi-level security effort to provide development and operation of systems as a unified force across all domains (air, land, sea, space, cyber and electromagnetic spectrum) in an open architecture family of systems that enables capabilities via multiple integrated platforms.

 

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