The Department of the Air Force is conducting market research on the expected costs and required efforts to modify the Wideband Global Satellite Communications Joint Hub, or WGS JH, which will be used at commercial geosynchronous Earth orbit gateways.
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Requirement for Joint Hub Variant Capabilities
The Air Force wants information from companies capable of providing joint hub variant, or JHV, capabilities and mission management system software upgrades for the Protected Tactical Enterprise Service, or PTES, the ground segment of a U.S. Space Force system that provides an anti-jam satcom capability, according to a notice posted Friday on SAM.gov.
The potential contractors are also expected to integrate, install, test and deploy a protected tactical waveform teleport capability at locations where the Department of Defense and its commercial partners operate to support the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global mission.
In addition, the vendors must demonstrate capabilities that comply with strict cybersecurity and information assurance requirements. To be considered for the project, interested businesses will be required to submit estimates of costs and timelines to build the JHV capabilities.
Submissions to Inform Government Procurement
The capability statements from interested parties and other information collected by the research effort will help the government determine its procurement approach for the requirement. Submissions will be accepted until April 21.
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