Mercury Systems has recently been awarded a production contract from BlueHalo to provide signal processing technology for BlueHalo’s digital beaming platform. This platform is being developed for the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource program, and Mercury Systems will be producing a field-programmable gate array-based common signal acquisition and digital beamforming tool for BlueHalo’s BADGER technology.
BlueHalo CEO Jonathan Moneymaker, a previous Wash100 Award winner, stated that this agreement marks BADGER’s first entrance into the high-rate manufacturing phase. Moneymaker emphasized that each milestone achieved in the SCAR program ensures the nation will maintain its strategic advantage in space. He highlighted that Mercury’s signal processing hardware plays a crucial role in the exceptional performance of BADGER.
This partnership between Mercury Systems and BlueHalo follows BlueHalo’s successful demonstration of integrated backend mission services for the SCAR program at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in April. In May 2022, BlueHalo was awarded a $1.4 billion contract from the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to develop a satellite operations capability for the Space Force.