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Globecomm Systems Awarded
$9.9 Million U.S. Government Contract to Develop Next Generation IP
Modem with ViaSat
Other Topics: Internet TV
Communication, IPTV Live Encoding
Globecomm Systems Inc.
November 12, 2007
Hauppauge, NY -- Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading
provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions
and services on a global basis, today announced that the Company has
been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army's Communications -
Electronic Life Cycle Management Command under the Program Executive
Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) Project Manager
Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems' (PM DCATS)
World Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) Program to provide the Joint IP
Modem (JIPM). The contract is valued at $9.9 million and includes
multiple options that if fully exercised over the next three years
would value the contract at $87 million. Globecomm Systems will lead
this effort for the U.S. Government providing program management and
services. ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) will work with Globecomm Systems
as a subcontractor responsible for JIPM development and production. |
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Pursuant to the contract, the JIPM
network-centric IP modem will be the DoD standard network IP modem
for use on military and commercial satellites. The goal of the JIPM
effort is to leverage commercial technology to the maximum extent
possible, while providing an open standard based approach, which can
form the basis of interoperability for military users.
The JIPM network-centric IP modem will provide demand-based
satellite communication transport services to the warfighter. The
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Program Executive Office
for SATCOM, Teleport, and Services manages the JIPM initiative. DISA
will field the Joint IP SATCOM Modem in the DoD Teleport Generation
2 rollout.
David Hershberg, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Globecomm
Systems Inc., said, "The JIPM is a key DoD enabler for IP-based
satellite communications. We are looking forward to delivering this
capability to support the warfighter and DoD's strategic goals."
Globecomm selected ViaSat for the JIPM open standards approach based
on the company's commercial, standards-based IP satcom products and
the broad adoption of these products into "Current Force" networks
such as U.S. Forces Korea and the Warfighter Information Network -
Tactical (WIN-T Increment 1).
"We're well positioned for this project in our ability to combine
our DVB-S2/RCS industry-standard technology, advanced IP information
assurance, and mesh networking satcom technologies for integrated,
joint interoperable communications," said Mark Dankberg, Chairman
and CEO of ViaSat. "We are pleased to be working with Globecomm
Systems on this program and look forward to working with them on
other significant programs in the future." |
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