SMC Awards First-of-its-Kind Hosted Payload Solutions Contract

The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center, or SMC, awarded an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) program July 10.

The multiple-award HoPS IDIQ contract provides a rapid and flexible means for the government to acquire commercial hosting capabilities for government payloads.

“Hosted Payloads provide resilient, affordable military space capabilities in an increasingly contested, congested and competitive space environment during a time of austere budgets,” said General William Shelton, Commander of Air Force Space Command.
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