UltiSat Awarded Multiple New
Contracts as Government SATCOM Procurements Begin to
Return to Pre-pandemic Pace
February 28, 2023
UltiSat has been awarded
six (6) new contracts in recent months.
Government procurements in the satellite and
networking arena had slowed to a virtual standstill
during the height of the pandemic, from early 2020
through the middle 2022. The
company reported that while it had received orders
on existing contracts during this time, very few if
any new contract vehicles or programs were
adjudicated. The recent new
awards span a range of defense, federal civilian,
and humanitarian organizations with an estimated
initial value of over $30M.
“Procurement cycles for
government programs tend to be long by nature, but
the impact of the pandemic ground most new SATCOM
evaluations to a halt,” said David Myers president
and CEO of UltiSat. “In the latter half of 2022,
UltiSat saw the process pick-up steam as many
government contracting offices relaxed lock-down
restrictions. As a result, we
received several contract awards, establishing new
relationships with a variety of customer
organizations.”
The solutions provided across
the six new contracts include a broad range of
technologies and locations.
UltiSat leverages its position as a vendor neutral
and satellite fleet independent integrator to craft
highly tailored solutions for each customer mission.
For the most recent awards, the solutions
have included a complete end-to-end managed
satellite service, a custom global network that
incorporates both satellite and terrestrial fiber
for maximum reach and resiliency, and a bespoke
hardware system built to the customer’s
specifications. The awards also
included the company’s first implementations of
commercially available PLEO services from both
Starlink and OneWeb. The services
are being provided around the globe including the
U.S., Europe, Southwest Asia, and even Antarctica
for one project.
“We are encouraged that
government procurement evaluations are starting to
return to the pre-COVID operating tempo,” David
Myers continued. “Perhaps more
importantly, recent RFPs are adapting to the
promising new product offerings and business models
available from the satellite network services
industry. Upcoming procurements
like Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) and SATCOM
as a Managed Service (SaaMS) will enable government
customers to benefit from advances in satellite
communications technology and to deploy those
capabilities to missions more quickly and cost
effectively.”
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