8 May 2026 of the year Commercial Space Office of the Space Systems Command (OKK KKS) The USA announced the conclusion of a contract with the company Viasat 307 million dollars to provide satellite communications services for the US Marine Corps. The company retained this work, winning the re-tender.
For reference: Viasat Inc. is a global American telecommunications and satellite company headquartered in Carlsbad, California. It is a leading provider of satellite communications
and develops high-performance orbital satellites and terrestrial network systems.
The five-year contract is for the Marine Corps Enterprise Commercial Satellite Services program (MECS2). It provides access to multi-satellite commercial satellite communications in all commercially available frequency bands through orbital and terrestrial resources, as well as daily resource management. The work will be performed in various locations around the world.
The U.S. CCC CCC procures commercial satellite communications services on behalf of the various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. As part of the MECS2 program, the Marine Corps seeks to integrate multi-satellite and multi-band services, using the latest commercial satellite architectures. The contract covers both transponder bandwidth, and fully managed end-to-end services in multiple satellite frequency bands, as well as cellular communication, designed to support worldwide communications requirements.
The reference to "multi-satellite" reflects the US Department of Defense's broader strategy of combining services from satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), medium earth orbit (MEO) and low Earth orbit (LEO), instead of depending on a single network architecture.
Source: https://spacenews.com