Air Force awards $43.9M satellite control contract

The Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station, controlled by the 21st Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 3, celebrated 55 years of space operations Feb. 26, 2014. The station is located on Kaena Point above Keawaula Bay, the westernmost spot on Oahu, Hawaii. It is part of the Air Force Satellite Control Network, which consists of antennas located at tracking stations around the world. The AFSCN supports Department of Defense, U.S. government and allied satellites and space vehicles whose missions include manned spaceflight, communications, reconnaissance, navigation, weather and early warning. (Courtesy photo)

L-3 National Security Solutions has been awarded a $43.9 million Air Force contract to operate the Consolidated Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN).

L-3 will provide “continued operations and maintenance at AFSCN mission locations, AFSCN factory compatibility testing and phase in sustainment activities for same systems,” according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The work will be performed at Diego Garcia, Guam, Greenland, the UK, Hawaii, and in the continental United States in New Hampshire, California and Florida.

The contract will conclude in December 2023.