DataPath Continues JNN/WIN-T Resets, Repairs and Upgrades, Including Ka Band Compatibility for WGS System
Duluth, Ga. – Dec. 11, 2008 – DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the world, has received a $3.6 million order to continue resets, repairs and upgrades to DataPath® Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) used in the U.S. Army’s Joint Network Node (JNN)/Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. This funding is from exercised options on an existing delivery order, which is a previously announced four-year agreement with the Army that has a potential value of up to $270 million. Since September 2007, DataPath has received approximately $73 million in funding for upgrades to JNN/WIN-T satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals under this delivery order.
Work under the delivery order includes resets and repairs to terminals returning from the battlefield, as well as upgrades that include hardware and system reconfiguration for Ka band operation on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system. DataPath engineers and field technical experts will perform the work at DataPath’s facilities as well as at various Army locations.
“DataPath is focused on working closely with the U.S. military to ensure the battlefield network is optimized with the latest innovations and technology such as the capability to use the WGS system,” said Steve Lindeman, vice president of Business Operations at DataPath. “Our top priorities include enhancing and retrofitting the existing JNN/WIN-T terminals under this delivery order as well as improving the battlefield network for multi-band and on-the-move operations.”
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.
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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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