The Space Development Agency (SDA) has renamed its proliferated LEO constellation as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, or PWSA. Logo: SDA

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $64 million contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to develop, implement and maintain the Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Application Factory for the agency’s constellation of low-earth orbit satellites called the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). SAIC announced the contract award on Thursday.

The PWSA is a critical component to the U.S. Department of Defense’s JADC2 strategy, providing ubiquitous data communications and accelerating decision-making. Under the contract, SAIC will integrate the BMC3’s command and control, software, cyber, cloud and engineering solutions. The company said the integration will ensure the SDA’s on-orbit assets, which have been built by multiple vendors, can quickly adapt to evolving near-peer threats and warfighter needs.

“The BMC3 component of the PWSA is transformational for the Department of Defense and the country,” Michael LaRouche, president of National Security and Space Sector at SAIC said in a statement. “The Space Development Agency is entrusting SAIC to deliver an innovative approach that weaves together command and control, secure cloud and space systems integration for critical warfighter needs.”