Kratos Defense announces OpenSpace employed as part of BlueHalo’s demonstration

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its fully virtualized satellite communications, SATCOM, ground system, OpenSpace, was employed as part of BlueHalo’s milestone demonstration for the U.S. Space Force, USSF, Space Rapid Capabilities Office, RCO, Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource, SCAR, program. BlueHalo, the prime contractor for the SCAR program, successfully demonstrated the integrated backend mission services to USSF Guardian operators at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO. During the demonstration, Guardians received an operator orientation for the SCAR system interface, including the system scheduler and backend mission processor. Kratos’ OpenSpace Platform is an important piece of the backend system which will pair with BlueHalo’s BADGER adaptive phased array product to provide multi-beam, multi-orbit mission operations.