Starshield: SpaceX Wins Pentagon Contract to Supply Military Communications Using Starlink Technology

September 28th, 2023

Via: PC World:

SpaceX has won a Pentaogon contract to supply military communications to the US Armed Forces using Starlink technology.

The contract was awarded to SpaceX’s Starshield program, which is applying the company’s Starlink technology to defense and government communications.

According to Bloomberg, the US Space Force awarded the contract, which is worth up to $70 million, on Sept. 1 to help the military tap communications using low-Earth orbiting satellites. Specifically, the contract “provides for Starshield end-to-end service via the Starlink constellation, user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management and other related services,” an Air Force spokeswoman told the media outlet.

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2 Responses to “Starshield: SpaceX Wins Pentagon Contract to Supply Military Communications Using Starlink Technology”

  1. dale says:
    September 28, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    First, this image brought Robocop to mind. Not sure why. That was followed by an image of a meteor ripping through this space and setting off a chain reaction of cascading shattered debris. Maybe we get the rings-of-earth instead of Skynet. You have 10 seconds to comply.

  2. Snowman says:
    September 29, 2023 at 7:08 am

    That’s long enough to say,”Look out Heaven, here I come!” and ask to be allowed in when you get there.

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