BlueHalo has awarded Mercury Systems a production contract for signal processing technology to be used in their digital beaming platform for the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program. The company will deliver a field-programmable gate array-based common signal acquisition and digital beamforming tool as part of the BADGER technology that simplifies space operations.
Jonathan Moneymaker, CEO of BlueHalo and a previous recipient of the Wash100 Award, stated that this agreement marks BADGER’s first entry into high-rate manufacturing phase. He emphasized the importance of each milestone achieved in the SCAR program in maintaining the nation’s strategic advantage in space. Moneymaker praised Mercury as a trusted partner whose signal processing hardware plays a critical role in BADGER’s exceptional performance.
The partnership between Mercury Systems and BlueHalo follows a successful demonstration of integrated backend mission services for the SCAR program at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in April. Additionally, in May 2022, BlueHalo secured a $1.4 billion contract from the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to develop satellite operations capability for the Space Force.
