Astronomy Prints 🌌: Correction: Boeing to be awarded sole-source deal worth up to $946 million to maintain military satellites

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Correction: Boeing to be awarded sole-source deal worth up to $946 million to maintain military satellites

10/28/2026

Boeing to be awarded sole-source deal worth up to $946 million to maintain military satellites

The U.S. Space Force plans to award Boeing a sole-source contract worth up to $945.9 million to maintain and modernize military communications satellites and ground systems, citing the company’s ownership of proprietary technical data and software needed to perform the work. —By Sandra Erwin

An earlier version of this alert stated that the contract had already been awarded.

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