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United States Space Force (USSF) Battle Management, Command, Control, Communication and Space Intelligence (BMC3I) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Program Office (PMO) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Two Phase Closed Variant

Department of Defense · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) · Special Notice · HQ0860-26-S-C008

posted 16 September 2026 · closes 15 October 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC 5985 · 3 postings

Summary

The Missile Defense Agency, on behalf of the United States Space Force Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Program Office, is issuing a solicitation for modern Ground Entry Point (GEP) and Network Operations Center (NOC) capabilities to augment the USSF Satellite Control Network. The effort aims to provide robust telemetry, tracking, and commanding (TT&C) for satellites across all orbital regimes by fielding modernized antennas, but no further technical detail is provided in the notice.

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