# Starshield Custom Fleet Aviation Services Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/sscpa2117 - Solicitation number: SSCPA2117 - Notice type: Justification - Status: No response deadline - Department: Department of Defense - Agency: Department of the Air Force - Contracting office: FA2541 SSC Comrcl SVS Ofc SSC CMK (FA2541) - NAICS: 517410 Satellite Telecommunications - Product or service code: DG10 Network services delivered as a service, by subscription, or service contract. Physical and wireless networks managed as a service connected to and from core data centers, work areas, and offices connecting end users to the organization's broader networks. Network services delivered in connection with other IaaS and PaaS services. Cloud based network management services and Software Defined Networks (SDN) accessed by service contract or subscriptions. - Place of performance: Hawthorne, California - First posted: August 25, 2026 - Last posted: August 25, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3d28e2fac99e482b81d60740694fa23f/view ## Description The Government requires subscription services to use the SpaceX Starshield (Starlink) commercial network with their existing Starshield Tile and Tile Mini aviation-compatible terminals currently installed in their aircraft. Those terminals permit aircraft to transmit/receive information to/from the Starshield (Starlink) satellite constellation. This action was approved under an Exception to Fair Opportunity to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) task order to SpaceX. Due to internal security and policy reviews, publication of this Exception to Fair Opportunity was required to be deferred briefly until those reviews could be completed. ## Publications - August 25, 2026: Justification. Notice 3d28e2fac99e482b81d60740694fa23f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3d28e2fac99e482b81d60740694fa23f/view ## Points of contact - COMSO Contracting (SSC/CMK), ssc.pleo.contractinggateway@spaceforce.mil --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/sscpa2117.