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    Satellite communications for Navy aviation Copy link

    Low-Earth-orbit satellite communications for Navy aviation (NAVAIR) via Space Force. Ordered under the Space Force's multi-vendor satellite-communications contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification for this order. USAspending shows $30,795,000 obligated of a potential $98,766,000.

    Awarded to SpaceX by U.S. Space Force

    Tie Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.

    $30.8Mof $98.8M potential
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Elon Musk

Trump's largest 2024 donor and former senior adviser. CEO of SpaceX and Tesla; ran DOGE as a special government employee until May 2025

$2.94B counted by default · 32 line items

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Follow the Grift, “Satellite communications for Navy aviation,” line item for Elon Musk, https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb022/ (added 26 Oct 2026; accessed 01 Nov 2026).