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Dept of Defense · Fa4830 23 Cons Cc · FA483026Q0059

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*THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT* The Panther II is a tri-band, man-portable Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) system designed for high-speed data communications, including Internet access, VPN connectivity, and video transmission. This require

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What this buyer has signed $5.9B

The largest federal awards in our record from DEPT OF DEFENSE, under the space and missile manufacturing codes we collect. This is context about the buyer, not the outcome of this notice: no award in the record references a solicitation number, so which notice produced which award is not something we can show.

RecipientAmountSignedWhat for
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $4.8B Apr 9, 2026 EXECUTE PHASED ARRAY TRACKING RADAR TO INTERCEPT ON…
DYNETICS, INC. $617M Apr 14, 2026 DO FOR THE FY26 PRODUCTION BUY.
RAYTHEON COMPANY $198M Apr 17, 2026 SM-3 BLOCK IIA UNDER LAYER.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS… $127M Mar 26, 2026 FRP-18 GQM-163A BASE TARGET VEHICLE USN
RAYTHEON COMPANY $62M Apr 15, 2026 ADVANCED MEDIUM-RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM)…
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $58M Apr 29, 2026 PURCHASE HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM (HIMARS)…
KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS $46M Mar 13, 2026 THE CONTRACT PROCURES A NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM)…
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $41M Apr 14, 2026 GUIDED MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM (GMLRS) AND LOW COST…

Suppliers who do this kind of work 19

Companies in our directory under Spacecraft & buses and Components & subsystems, which is where this notice matched: kw satellite. A category is our own grouping, so this says what a company sells rather than that it is eligible or interested.

Lockheed Martin Space

Littleton, CO, US

Orion, GPS III, planetary spacecraft.

Northrop Grumman

Falls Church, VA, US

Cygnus, GEOStar buses, SLS boosters, MEV servicing.

Airbus Defence and Space

Toulouse, France

Eurostar and OneSat buses, Orion ESM.

Thales Alenia Space

Cannes, France

Telecom and observation satellites, station modules.

Maxar Space Systems

Palo Alto, CA, US

1300-class GEO buses, PPE for Gateway.

Sierra Space

Louisville, CO, US

Dream Chaser spaceplane, LIFE habitat.

York Space Systems

Denver, CO, US

S-class and M-class buses, SDA constellations.

Apex

Los Angeles, CA, US

Aries and Nova productized buses.

Astranis

San Francisco, CA, US

Small GEO communications satellites.

The supplier index holds 10 more in these categories.