BlueHalo Wins $24M Air Force Contract to Boost U.S. Space Defense Capabilities

Insider Brief:

• BlueHalo has secured a $24.5 million Air Force contract aimed at enhancing the United States’ space defense capabilities.
• The Satellite Assessment Center, through this contract, will spearhead research and analysis of US satellite vulnerabilities.
• Work under the contract will take place at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2029
• Image credit: BlueHalo

BlueHalo, a defense contractor based in Huntsville, Alabama, has secured a $24.5 million contract aimed at enhancing the United States’ space defense capabilities as announced by Space Launch Schedule. The contract, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate, focuses on accelerating advancements in directed energy modeling, simulation, and analysis to protect critical U.S. space interests.

The Satellite Assessment Center, through this contract, will spearhead research and development efforts to improve predictive analysis, satellite modeling, and resilience against natural and man-made directed energy effects on space systems. BlueHalo will also develop innovative testing environments to evaluate new methodologies for space system assessment.

Work under the contract will take place at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2029. The contract aims to strengthen data aggregation, perform risk analysis, and implement modern database management systems to meet the growing demand for space assessments from the Satellite Assessment Center’s mission partners and the Space Domain Awareness community.

The contract, a competitive acquisition under the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Technology Experimentation and Research program, is funded by fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation funds amounting to $269,000.