DataPath(R) Receives $12 Million Order for Additional Ka Band Conversion Kits for...

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Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:30am EDT

DataPath(R) 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 /PRNewswire/ -- 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(R) 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(R) 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(R) network control
software and comprehensive services.  SWEDISH 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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SOURCE  DataPath, Inc.

Peter K. Herbert, Director, Corporate Communications of DataPath, Inc.,
+1-678-597-0638, pherbert@datapath.com
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