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Kratos Wins THAICOM 10 Gateway Contract From Gulf Space Technology

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS ) announced on November 9, 2026, that Gulf Space Technology Public Company Limited, formerly Thaicom, awarded it a contract to deliver the first Q/V/Ka-band gateway antenna systems for THAICOM 10, a software-defined high-throughput satellite. The contract’s value, specific gateway sites and delivery schedule were not disclosed.

The systems will provide feeder-link capacity for THAICOM 10 and expand Kratos’ work beyond the Satellite Operations Center it is already developing for Gulf Space Technology. The contract covers a turnkey gateway rather than antennas alone, placing the new hardware within Gulf Space Technology’s broader space-to-ground operations.

Gateway Design And Capacity

Under the award, Kratos will supply Q/V/Ka-band antennas, radio-frequency equipment, fiber-optic transport systems, timing and reference subsystems, and complete gateway-site infrastructure across primary and planned diversity locations. Kratos said the multi-site architecture is designed to maintain service continuity by switching between sites when weather degrades Q/V/Ka-band operations.

The integrated monitoring-and-control system will provide real-time equipment status, advanced alarm correlation, automated control actions and weather-fade diversity switching across all gateway elements. It will also interface with Gulf Space Technology’s Satellite Operations Center.

Kratos described THAICOM 10 as Gulf Space Technology’s first fully software-defined satellite. Its payload can dynamically adjust capacity, coverage and service configuration while in orbit, requiring equally agile ground systems to coordinate satellite and gateway operations.

Kratos said the higher-frequency Q/V/Ka-band gateway provides approximately two to three times the bandwidth of Ka-band high-throughput-satellite systems, permits more dynamic allocation of resources across beams and service regions, and adds feeder-link capacity that is essential for Gulf Space Technology to monetize THAICOM 10’s flexibility and accelerate the introduction of new services.

“By delivering a complete turnkey Q/V/Ka-band gateway, Kratos is providing Gulf Space Technology with critical infrastructure that supports both our operational needs and our broader transformation into a space technology company,” said Park Boonyubol, Head of Satellite Programs at Gulf Space Technology.

New Gateway Builds On Earlier Ground-System Award

The gateway builds on a separate multi-million-dollar ground-system contract that Kratos announced on September 16, 2024, when the customer was still named Thaicom. That award covered an end-to-end ground system including the THAICOM 10 Satellite Operations Center.

The operations center’s planned functions include flying the satellite, planning satellite resources and orchestrating payload configuration with the ground system so services can be delivered on demand. Kratos’ earlier work for the customer included a complete satellite control system for THAICOM 8, extending the ground-system relationship with the operator beyond THAICOM 10.

The contract broadens Kratos’ THAICOM 10 role from the operations center into complete gateway infrastructure. For Gulf Space Technology, the commercial question is whether the unified system can turn the satellite’s adjustable capacity into services quickly and reliably enough to support its transition from a satellite operator into a broader space technology provider.

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