DataPath® Receives $12 Million Order for Additional Ka Band Conversion Kits for U.S. Army JNN/WIN-T Terminals
Retrofitting Battlefield Satellite Terminals for
Operation on the Wideband Global SATCOM System Increases Capacity and Improves
Flexibility of Military Communications Systems
Duluth, Ga. – March 24, 2009 – DataPath, Inc.,
a leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the
world, has been awarded $12 million by the U.S. Army for Ka band conversion
kits, spares kits and technical services that enable DataPath® Satellite
Transportable Terminals (STTs) and other systems on the battlefield to operate
using the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system. With Ka band conversion kits,
vital battlefield satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals can be quickly
converted in the field to operate in Ka band over the recently launched WGS
system in addition to operating in commercial Ku band.
This $12 million
order is funded from exercised options on an existing delivery order, which is a
four-year agreement with the Army that has a potential value of up to $225
million for DataPath. These options are the first exercised options that add to
the base award of $100 million that DataPath announced for the same project in
January 2009. DataPath began delivering the Ka band conversion kits, spares kits
and other equipment and services in January.
“Quickly delivering Ka band
conversion kits is a central focus for DataPath,” said Steve Lindeman, vice
president of Business Operations at DataPath. “By reconfiguring satellite
terminals in the field today to operate in Ka band, we have taken an important
step to ensure that communications systems accommodate the need for bandwidth
and flexibility to support U.S. military operations around the
world.”
The SATCOM terminals being converted were designed and built by
DataPath and deployed by the U.S. Army for the Joint Network Node
(JNN)/Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. DataPath’s Ka
band solution for JNN/WIN-T has been certified by the U.S. Army Strategic
Command for use on the WGS system.
Program Manager WIN-T's Commercial
SATCOM Terminal Program at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in
Fort Monmouth, N.J., awarded the delivery order through the Worldwide Satellite
Systems contract.
About
DataPath, Inc.
DataPath® is a global leader in creating
satellite-based network solutions that solve customers’ toughest communications
challenges. We specialize in enabling highly complex, video-intensive
communications networks that are critical to the operations of military,
civilian government and commercial organizations. Even in the most urgent time
frames and extreme conditions, we establish and maintain communications anywhere
and deliver total network control through our communications solutions, MaxView®
network control software and comprehensive services. SWE DISH Satellite Systems
AB, a Stockholm-based, global leader in the design and manufacture of mobile
satellite communications systems, is a wholly owned subsidiary. DataPath is
headquartered in Duluth, Ga., U.S.A. and operates via more than two dozen
offices and distributor locations around the world. For more information, visit
www.datapath.com.
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