Booz Allen Hamilton secures contract for Space Force integration

The Space Force awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a $630 million contract for engineering and integration services for missile tracking and surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking capabilities, the company announced Oct. 4. Under the seven-year agreement, the Virginia-based consulting firm and defense contractor will provide digital engineering, software development, cybersecurity, and AI support to programs across the service’s space sensing portfolio, including Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning spacecraft. Booz Allen originally won the contract last year, but the deal was delayed due to protests from ManTech International and Science Applications International Corp., who both competed for the effort. Eric Hoffman, the company’s vice president of space systems, told C4ISRNET in an Oct. 2 interview that while Booz Allen’s work will focus on the needs of the Space Force’s acquisition arm, Space Systems Command, the company will also work closely with other organizations like the Space Development Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and the intelligence community, which are developing complementary systems within the space sensing portfolio. Along with helping inform the development process for satellites and ground systems, the company will support operators through integrated digital engineering and simulation capabilities to help improve their picture of what’s happening in the space domain. Work on the contract will be performed in El Segundo, California as well as Colorado Springs and Aurora, Colorado.