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Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Software Sustaining Engineering (SSE) Contract

Dept of Defense · Fa8823 Sustainment Mcpnt Ssc/Pkl · GBSASE20260729

Responses close Aug 12 · 22:00 UTC

Global Broadcast Service (GBS) provides worldwide continuous, one-way, high-speed information flow over Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military KA-band satellites to efficiently disseminate information products to deployed and in-garrison forces.</p

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