Innovative Satellite Solutions to Enable Space-Based Communications for Air Force SATCOM Resiliency

The objective of this Air Force SBIR Phase II project is to meet the national defense-related mission needs of the Air Force in the area of Low Earth Orbit communications and command & control. More specifically, there is a clear Air Force need for SATCOM redundancy and resiliency (Need #6266), that Swarm is uniquely equipped to develop and provide through modification of commercial satellite hardware and technology, with full integration into the SPACE Combat Cloud Architecture. Swarm proposes to take TRL 9 flight hardware, developed for commercial purposes, and equip these new satellite designs for use of MILSATCOM frequencies, and perform testing that validates performance for a potential private network.