Space Force awards five companies $60 million for multi-vendor satellite network tests
The contracts support development of a resilient and interoperable satellite communications architecture.
Amazon Leo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space will prototype and test connections to the SpaceX-built data network backbone The post Space Force awards five companies $60 million for multi-vendor satellite network tests appeared first on SpaceNews.
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