Summary: Space Systems Command (SSC) awards 14 IDIQ contracts for RG-XX space segment delivering next-generation surveillance and reconnaissance. RG-XX is set to provide improved continuity of space-based reconnaissance and surveillance that enables offensive and defensive space operations, as well as achieve and maintain space superiority at scale in 2030 and beyond.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts under the Andromeda contract vehicle focused on rapidly fielding proliferated Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) to gain predictive battlespace awareness (PBA) that enables offensive and defensive space operations.
The 14 IDIQ awards enable the RG-XX program’s efforts to improve the continuity of space-based reconnaissance and surveillance. This effort, using proliferated SDA in GEO, will detect, track, and characterize resident space objects of interest. This enables PBA of adversary strategies, tactics, intentions, and capabilities, while also supporting anomaly resolution on blue force systems. These efforts will also secure and maintain space superiority at scale in 2030 and beyond.
"The RG-XX program enables us to achieve predictive battlespace awareness, providing our warfighters with the information they need to deter aggression and protect our assets in the increasingly contested GEO belt,” said USSF Col. Bryon McClain, U.S. Space Force Program Executive Officer for Space Combat Power.
“This contract allows us to focus on speed with a proliferated architecture and leverage the ingenuity of both established defense contractors as well as innovative new space companies. Together we are building a resilient, affordable, and highly capable reconnaissance and surveillance system, the cornerstone of our nation's space superiority,” said McClain.
The RG-XX space vehicles will achieve desired effects through a proliferated architecture. Proliferation delivers more affordable space vehicles, improved resilience, and increased reconnaissance mission cadence.
"RG-XX represents a paradigm shift in how the Space Force acquires cutting-edge space capabilities,” said USSF Lt. Col. Darren Ng, SSC System Delta 89 (SYD 89), System Program Manager for Space Surveillance and Reconnaissance.
“We are fostering an open and competitive environment, welcoming participation from the entire industry base - from traditional defense contractors to emerging commercial space leaders. This approach will drive innovation, ensure affordability, and most importantly, enable us to rapidly field the necessary SDA capabilities to ensure our responsiveness to the evolving challenges in the space domain," said Ng.
The RG-XX space segment will be developed via delivery orders issued under the Andromeda Multiple Award Contract (MAC) IDIQ contract vehicle in accordance with the program’s approved strategy to leverage the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) pathway.
The following vendors received IDIQ contracts under this effort:
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Anduril Industries Inc.
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Astranis Space Technologies Corp.
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BAE Systems, Space Missions Systems Inc.
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
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Intuitive Machines LLC
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L3Harris Technologies Inc.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.
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Millennium Space Systems Inc.
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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.
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Quantum Space LLC
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Redwire Space Missions LLC
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Sierra Space Corp.
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True Anomaly Inc.
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Turion Space Corp.
SSC is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient capabilities to outpace emerging threats and protect our Nation’s strategic advantage in, from, and to space. SSC manages a $15.6 billion annual space acquisition budget for the Department of War, working with joint forces, industry partners, government agencies, academia, and allied nations.