24 July 2024 – SES’s wholly-owned subsidiary SES Space & Defense has been awarded the pilot effort to provide the U.S. Army with Satellite Communications (SATCOM) as a Managed Service (SaaMS) under a $3.6 million ceiling blanket purchase agreement (BPA). This initiative will streamline commercially leased SATCOM network services to be flexible and tailored to changing mission needs. The contract was awarded to Global Enterprise Solutions (GES), acquired by SES in 2022, and is now part of its wholly-owned subsidiary. The scope of the SaaMS Pilot encompasses turnkey, end-to-end managed subscription services. These services will facilitate connectivity to commercial teleports and internet services, augmenting units’ SATCOM capability across five diverse locations within three combatant commands: NORTHCOM, EUCOM, and USINDOPACOM. Read more