Air Force awards $43.9M satellite control contract

L-3 National Security Solutions has been awarded a $43.9 million Air Force contract to operate the Consolidated Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN).

L-3 will provide "continued operations and maintenance at AFSCN mission locations, AFSCN factory compatibility testing and phase in sustainment activities for same systems," according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The work will be performed at Diego Garcia, Guam, Greenland, the UK, Hawaii, and in the continental United States in New Hampshire, California and Florida.

The contract will conclude in December 2023.

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