Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Kratos Technology scores contract for sustainment, support of USAF satellites


Kratos Technology and Training Solutions, Inc. won the CCS-C Production and Sustainment Contract (CPASC) from the Space and Missile Systems Center of the U.S. Air Force Space Command. The Company will sustain and further develop the Command and Control System-Consolidated system, which generates telemetry, tracking, and command for operational and planned MILSATCOM satellites.

Kratos will receive $17.5 million for its first year of service. The contract has options for a total of six years of service worth $133 million all in all.

CPASC will generate telemetry, tracking, and command services for three more Wideband Global SATCOM satellites and two extra Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites. The contract is a fixed price incentive type; it came with a one year base period and options for continued service up to 2018.

CPASC also has unique plans in store for Kratos, the CCS-C program office, and the Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) to create a public-private partnership. OO-ALC is predicted to sustain a fifth of CCS-C's core software by 201, improving the repair capabilities of organic depots that handle space systems.

CCS-C supports the Defense Satellite Communication System, Milstar, AEHF, and WGS families of satellites by deliving integrated MILSATCOM command and control services. It can perform a wide variety of operations, including those connected with the state of health of satellites.

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