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Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense): DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION USING COMMERCIAL SPACE INTERNET CALL 003 - MULTI-BAND, MULTI-ORBIT SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIMENTS
About end dates: Period of performance end date as reported to USAspending; recompete timing is not guaranteed.
As reported to USAspending.gov and observed by SpaceNexus on Sep 24, 2026.
Data-derived, not endorsements. Derived from public award data: companies that won related awards from the same buyer. Not an endorsement, not a ranking of quality, and not a statement that any company is available or interested.
Rule: awards from Department of the Air Force in the last 5 years with the same product/service code family (AC1) or NAICS group (5417), space work by the same rule as the radar, to anyone but the incumbent. Ordered by number of related awards, then obligated value. Coverage is the same as the radar's: full history for the companies we track, the last 120 days for everyone else, so a small business with older related awards can be missing.
| Company | Related awards | Obligated | Latest | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGUE SPACE SYSTEMS CORPCompany profilee.g. FA254125PB012, FA864924P1079, FA864924P0564 | 15 | $10.3M | Dec 12, 2024 |
Everything else L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. holds that ends soon: incumbent page.
| product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| TURION SPACE CORPCompany profilee.g. FA880925DB002, FA880925CB004, FA864923P1105 | 9 | $27.1M | Apr 30, 2025 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONCompany profilee.g. FA880926FB002, FA240125C0005, FA881925DB010 | 8 | $74M | Mar 17, 2026 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.Company profilee.g. FA945326FX010, FA945326FX002, FA945325FX010 | 8 | $48M | Jan 28, 2026 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| K2 SPACE CORPORATIONCompany profilee.g. FA880925CB003, FA880924CB002, FA864924P0377 | 8 | $25.4M | Dec 17, 2024 | NAICS group 5417 |
| SCOUT SPACE INCCompany profilee.g. FA864925P0359, FA881924CB003, FA864924P0930 | 8 | $12.3M | Aug 14, 2025 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.Company profilee.g. FA882026FB001, FA882026FB002, FA882025FB003 | 7 | $66.3M | Apr 1, 2026 | NAICS group 5417 |
| STARFISH SPACE INC.Company profilee.g. FA252124C0013, FA864924P0384, FA864923P1238 | 7 | $39.7M | May 17, 2024 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| SLINGSHOT AEROSPACE INCCompany profilee.g. FA238525CB022, FA228024C0002, FA865023C9200 | 7 | $8.8M | Aug 5, 2025 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| QUINDAR INC.Company profilee.g. FA864925P0455, FA864925P0031, FA254125CB010 | 6 | $7.6M | Sep 18, 2025 | NAICS group 5417 |
| TRANS ASTRONAUTICA CORPORATIONCompany profilee.g. FA945325CX020, FA864924P0285, FA864923P0696 | 6 | $4.6M | Dec 4, 2024 | NAICS group 5417 |
| PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC.Company profilee.g. FA864924P1022, FA864924P1078, FA864924P0895 | 6 | $4.4M | Sep 3, 2024 | NAICS group 5417 |
| IMPULSE SPACE, INC.Company profilee.g. FA880925CB007, FA880925CB001, FA864924P0375 | 5 | $44.5M | Feb 28, 2025 | NAICS group 5417 |
| OUTPOST TECHNOLOGIES CORPCompany profilee.g. FA945325CX022, FA864924P0889, FA864924P0279 | 5 | $7.2M | Jan 23, 2025 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| KATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCCompany profilee.g. FA254125CB042, FA864924P0892, FA864924P0563 | 5 | $4.3M | May 29, 2025 | NAICS group 5417 |
| AGILE SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.Company profilee.g. FA945325CX046, FA880925CB006, FA864924P0545 | 4 | $6.8M | Aug 27, 2025 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| RHEA SPACE ACTIVITY, INC.Company profilee.g. FA254125CB040, FA945325CX026, FA942222C0009 | 4 | $5.7M | May 1, 2025 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| BUSEK CO., INC.Company profilee.g. FA254126CB007, FA864923P1091, FA945322CA037 | 4 | $3.4M | Jan 20, 2026 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| LMI CONSULTING, LLCOrganisation pagee.g. FA882126FB012, FA882126FB008, FA880226F0006 | 4 | $3.3M | Jun 25, 2026 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| THINKORBITAL INC.Company profilee.g. FA864926P0332, FA864925P0002, FA864924P0154 | 4 | $1.4M | Jun 22, 2026 | NAICS group 5417 |
| ALTIUS SPACE MACHINES, INCCompany profilee.g. FA945323PA006, FA945322CA040, FA945322CA058 | 4 | $899K | Dec 22, 2022 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.Company profilee.g. FA945324CX052, FA240123C0004, HQ085022C0007 | 3 | $1.07B | Sep 19, 2024 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| VIASAT INCCompany profilee.g. FA238524CB038, FA945323F0013, FA945322F0029 | 3 | $46.8M | Sep 23, 2024 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLCCompany profilee.g. FA945324C0001, FA864923P0458, FA875022C0534 | 3 | $5.5M | Feb 12, 2024 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |
| TRUSTED SPACE LLCCompany profilee.g. FA875023C0504, FA945322CA114, FA945322CA104 | 3 | $2.9M | Dec 15, 2022 | product/service code family AC1 and NAICS group 5417 |