SMC Awards More Than $735 Million COOLS Contract

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded the Combined Orbital Operations Logistics Sustainment (COOLS) contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, California, the company recently announced. The COOLS contract is valued at $735,514,938. The COOLS contract will provide operations and sustainment support for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), Milstar Block I/II, and Defense Satellite Communications System III (DSCS III) constellations. The SMC’s Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate will manage the contract.