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June 16th, 2019

LinQuest Corporation Receives USAF SMC Award for MILSATCOM Solutions Support


LinQuest Corporation has received a $562 million award from the U. S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to provide architecting and full life-cycle systems engineering, integration, and solutions support to the military satellite communications enterprise.

The portfolio of SMC programs supported by MSEIT includes all satellites, terminals, and networks for worldwide tactical, strategic, and wideband military communications.

Tim Dills, LinQuest President and CEO, stated that the company is proud to sustain the firm's nearly 40 year heritage of helping SMC design, develop, deploy, and operate their MILSATCOM portfolio of programs. LinQuest is grateful to know that SMC continues to recognize and value the firm's digital engineering tools and subject matter expertise as integral ingredients to their future success.

Chris Beres, GM, Space Systems Engineering & Integration Group, added that MILSATCOM is where LinQuest began and the firm is honored to be selected for continued mission support. LinQuest recognizes that SMC 2.0 is where the firm's customer is headed and are prepared and excited to partner with the government as they reinvent how future space systems are designed and acquired to ensure the company remains ahead of all threats to the national security space enterprise.