Space Force opens bidding for classified communications satellites ...
Apr 26, 2024 · This estimated $8 billion procurement, known as Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS), will supplement and eventually replace the existing Advanced Extremely High Frequency …
Lockheed Martin Wins $258M US Space Force Contract for ESS …
Nov 11, 2020 · Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $258 million contract to develop a prototype payload for the U.S. Space Force’s Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS) program, the U.S. …
Space Force planning $8 billion satellite architecture for nuclear ...
Oct 25, 2023 · The ESS satellites are intended to augment and eventually replace the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) network of nuclear-hardened satellites made by Lockheed …
End of an Era: The AEHF Program comes to a close
Jan 28, 2021 · The new ESS program is the next generation of protected communication satellites that will interoperate with, and eventually replace AEHF’s mid-latitude system, extending its …
Space Force Brings Acquisition Reforms to New NC3 Satellites
3 days ago · ESS is embracing that shift, Col. A.J. Ashby, senior materiel leader for strategic SATCOM, told reporters at the Space Symposium, starting with where its satellites will fly. …
While USSF Budget Dips, Funds for New Nuclear Command and …
Mar 18, 2024 · The Advanced Extremely High Frequency System (AEHF) is a joint service satellite communications system that provides survivable, global, secure, protected, and jam …
US Space Force Preparing Evolved Strategic Satcom Solicitation
Oct 11, 2023 · The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has released a draft solicitation for the future Evolved Strategic Satellite Communication system (ESS) to replace …
ESS 1 - Gunter's Space Page
Feb 26, 2024 · ESS 1 (Evolved Strategic Satellite) is a prototype for a jam-resistant military communications satellite built by Northrop Grumman to supplement and eventually replace the …
Northrop Grumman Earns Contract for Space Force's ESS …
Sep 21, 2020 · Northrop Grumman Corporation, the American aerospace and defense developer, has bagged the contract from the US Space Force (USSF) to develop the prototype for its …
Lockheed, Raytheon to develop ground systems for nuclear …
May 3, 2023 · Northrop Grumman developed the AEHF XDR (Extreme Data Rate) payload. The ESS satellites and ground systems will be part of the nation’s nuclear communications …