Congratulations to Iridium Communications Inc. on their PLEO satellite-based services win. This is an award for a five-year base Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with one five-year option by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and US Space Force for Iridium Certus services. This US Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services award has multiple awardees. Among them are multiple Iridium partners.

Unique in the satellite industry, Iridium Certus is the only broadband service that provides highly reliable, truly global, weather-resilient connectivity for on-the-move internet and high-quality voice access. These features are critically important for the Joint All Domain Command and Control’s (JADC2) Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency (PACE) communications architecture. The award includes Iridium Certus terminals and service. It will provide mission-critical broadband and midband capabilities to the modern warfighter.

You can read more about Iridium’s Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite award by clicking here.

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