Elbit Systems and
Gilat Sign Teaming Agreement
(14 April 2004) Elbit Systems
Ltd and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd have signed a teaming agreement for
co-operation in the area of satellite communications for the defence and
homeland security markets. The agreement leverages Gilat`s latest commercial
satellite-based Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technology by integrating
it with Elbit Systems’ defence technologies for military and homeland
defence applications.
The joint effort has already
resulted in the introduction of a new product as well as additional defence and
security applications. The new product, GlobaLight is a man-pack, military
standard, portable VSAT terminal for broadband data, voice and video, providing
a highly effective means of communication for disaster and emergency command
and support teams, as well as for remote infantry and border patrols.
GlobaLight products were already presented to several potential customers.
Another example of this joint effort is a family of military transportable
VSAT terminals with Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) networks using the
latest Mesh and Multicasts topologies, making it suitable for defence and
homeland security communication infrastructures.
(source: Gilat
Satellite Networks)