Satellite Communications: Contracts
(asked on 20th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when does he expect to award the contract for (a) designing and (b) manufacturing Skynet 6A.
This question was answered on 27th October 2022
Following a comprehensive assessment phase, a contract was placed with Airbus Defence and Space UK Ltd in July 2020 for the design, manufacture, assembly, test and launch of SKYNET 6A. The project remains on-track to deliver full operating capability by 2026, with contractual incentives to bring this date forward if feasible.