[Satnews] The USAF's Space and Missile Systems Center has announced that the Boeing Company has been awarded a $23,374,245 modification (P00007) to exercise the option on previously awarded contract FA8819-15-C-0007 for Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 sustainment.

The contractor will provide sustainment and required development necessary for US Air Force operations and the maintenance of the Space Based Space Surveillance System and Red Local Area Network. This effort includes systems engineering, operations, operations support, and contractor logistics support.

Work will be performed at El Segundo, California and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be complete by June 20, 2022. Fiscal year 2016 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $2,551,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Space Superiority Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.