Final Analysis Inc., which is building a Little LEO satellite system for data communications, has awarded further satellite construction contracts to General Dynamics Corp. [GD] and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. [LLL]. Little LEO systems operate at less than 1 GHz.

Final Analysis is authorized to launch 26 operating satellites and four on-orbit spares, which it calls the Faisat system. It has applied to the FCC for authority to expand its system to 32 operational satellites and six on-orbit spares. The company is in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Lanham, Md.

The planned applications for the system include file transfers and e-mail, mobile asset tracking and supervisory control and data acquisition.