With a 10-year, $4 billion contract in hand, the company managing the Space Force’s range operations is laying the groundwork to help the service support the ever-growing demand for commercial and military launches .

The Space Force awarded the work to Amentum in late May, choosing the company over its incumbent launch range support provider. That firm, RGNext, protested the deal, but announced last week it would drop its complaint.

The sweeping contract covers operations and maintenance of the Space Force’s two major launch ranges: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. That means oversight of launch facilities, radar sites and all of the flight-tracking hardware and software.

Managing those tasks as efficiently as possible is par

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