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Iridium-GDMS Secures $492M Contract for SDA PWSA Ground System Development

Oct 22, 2024•over 1 year ago

Contract Type

contract

McleanHardwareSecurityCommunitiesSatellite CommunicationWireless

Description

Iridium Communications and General Dynamics Mission Systems have secured a $491.6 million contract modification from the Space Development Agency to provide ground management and integration support for SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Over a period of five years, Iridium's share of the contract modification is valued at $239 million. The GDMS-Iridium team will work with SDA and related stakeholders to build a ground system and oversee the integration of the ground enterprise with the agency’s Tranche 2 constellation, providing engineering design, analysis, maintenance, testing, infrastructure management assistance, and site support.

Company Information

Company

Iridium Communications

Location

Mclean, Virginia, United States

About

Iridium® is the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. In 2019, the company completed a generational upgrade of its satellite network and launched its specialty broadband service, Iridium Certus®. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.

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