The Air Force has awarded Boeing $299.8 million to produce the fourth Wideband Gap Filler satellite.The award represents the first option under the WGS Block II contract given to Boeing last month. The program potentially is worth about $1.1 billion. WGS-4 is slated for launch in early 2011.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
