WASHINGTON — The U. S. Space Force has formally terminated an estimated $1.7 billion contract with defense technology firm AeroVironment to build a new generation of antennas used to command and control military satellites.
Company executives confirmed the decision during a March 10 earnings call, saying the government ended the agreement after unsuccessful renegotiations.
The contract covered the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource program, known as SCAR, an effort to field mobile phased-array antennas to supplement the military's aging Satellite Control Network. That network relies largely on fixed ground stations equipped with mechanically steered parabolic dishes to communicate with satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
