Eutelsat America Corp. eligible to provide Hosted Payload Services to US Government

 

25 July 2014

Eutelsat America Corp., has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force to support the deployment of future US Government payloads (hosted payloads) on its satellites.

Eutelsat America Corp., joins a limited number of prequalified companies eligible to provide Hosted Payload Services to the US Government for a five-year ordering period. Eutelsat will compete for future orders up to a maximum combined value of US$494,900,000 under this firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract managed as part of the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) programme.

In addition to the space and ground systems, the HoPS mission will also include related on-orbit support for data transfer from a hosted payload to government end-users.

The purpose of the multiple awarded HoPS IDIQ contract is to provide a rapid and flexible way for the US government to place government payloads on commercial satellites.

David Bair, President of Eutelsat America Corp., commented, “This award validates the high technical standards and quality work of Eutelsat and builds on over ten years of successful support to the US Government by Eutelsat America Corp.. We are very proud to be part of this exciting new approach for government’s access to space.”