BlueHalo has been awarded a $1.4 billion contract by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, which is part of the U.S. Space Force.
The award is for the Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource, or SCAR, program, for which BlueHalo’s advanced radio frequency solutions will serve as the key enabling technology. The foundation of the program is BlueHalo’s proprietary Multi-band Software Defined Antenna technology, a phased array technology that simplifies mission operations through agile and re-configurable beamforming tiles.
BlueHalo’s Broad Area Deployable Ground terminal Enabling Resilient communication, or BADGER, provides a multi-band and deployable ground communications system built on the core MSDA technology. The system enables communications between multiple spatial, spectral and temporal diverse targets.
“Between the rapid proliferation of new space satellite constellations at a relentless rate and the criticality of the U.S. maintaining its strategic advantage as a Nation in space in the face of advancing adversaries, new technologies had to be brought to bear,” said Jonathan Moneymaker, BlueHalo CEO. “I could not be prouder of BlueHalo’s talented engineers, scientists, and support staff for leading the development of our BADGER offering and the partnership we have forged with the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to bring the SCAR program to life. This program will redefine our national capabilities for decades to come.”
BlueHalo will partner with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. on this initiative. Phil Carrai, president of Kratos’ Space, Training and Cybersecurity Division, said Kratos couldn’t have a better partner.
“Together with BlueHalo, our technologies are architected to interoperate and our combined expertise in space network development will deliver a system that is agile, configurable, resilient and at the cutting edge of the DoD’s goals for digital transformation,” he added.
This award “provides monumental growth” at BlueHalo’s New Mexico campus and establishes the company as a top-tier system integrator, said Dan Gillings, BlueHalo sector president.
“This program creates 60 new engineering and manufacturing jobs and presents a unique opportunity for the customer, BlueHalo, and key suppliers to be co-located within the Albuquerque area,” he said.