Peraton has been awarded a $218.6 million contract to provide commercial satellite communications services for the United States Africa Command.
The single award blanket purchase agreement was issued by the U.S. Air Force Space Command in coordination with the Defense Information Systems Agency. Known as CTC0307, it is a first-of-its-kind task order under the Future Commercial SATCOM Acquisition program.
“AFRICOM conducts operations in some of the most remote and contested regions of the world, making persistent reliable communications a critical mission requirement,” said David Myers, president, Peraton Communications sector. “As an independent service integrator, Peraton takes a neutral, vendor-agnostic approach to leverage the best technologies available from across the entire commercial satellite industry. As a result, customers like AFRICOM are assured a solution tailored to prioritize consistent mission performance, without being dependent on any particular satellite fleet or vendor assets.”
The contract calls for Peraton to provide mission partners in the AFRICOM area of responsibility with rapid acquisition of commercial satellite services to meet enduring and emerging requirements. The company will provide communications services leveraging satellites and emerging technologies from across multiple satellite fleet operators, supported by Peraton’s 24×7 Network Operations Center and its team of satellite service engineers.