Sky Wars: The Satellite Arms Race—Government and Military Satcom Procurement Trends 2025–2035
Global government and military Satcom spending is projected to grow about 7–10% annually, rising from roughly $50 billion in 2024 to $64 billion by 2030. The Ukraine conflict underscored Satcom’s importance, with Starlink keeping forces online for combat and coalition operations. Militaries are shifting to enterprise Satcom architectures that blend military and commercial satellites across LEO, MEO, and GEO into a single resilient network. Australia canceled its $5 billion Lockheed Martin GEO program (JP9102) in 2024 to pursue a distributed multi-orbit solution for greater survivability. The U.S. Space Force’s Proliferated LEO (PLEO) contract expanded from a $900 million ceiling to