Globecomm Systems
Announces Exercise Of US$ 5.5 Million Contract Option By The U.S. Army For The
Continued Production Of The Joint IP Modem
(22 April 2008) Globecomm Systems
Inc., a leading provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure
solutions and services on a global basis, today announced that the U.S. Army
has exercised a US$ 5.5 million contract option for the continued production of
the Joint IP Modem (JIPM).
On November 12, 2007, the Company
announced that it had 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 JIPM. The contract was valued
at US$ 9.9 million and included multiple options that if fully exercised over
the next three years would value the contract at US$ 87 million. The exercise
of this option now brings the base contract to US$ 15.4 million, with US$ 71.6
million of options remaining over the next 32 months.
GSI is the prime
contractor for the JIPM program and will provide program and contract
management. Under subcontract to GSI, ViaSat Inc. is responsible for the
network system and modem design, including the integration of DVB-S2/DVB-RCS
open standard IP technology. 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.
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 to 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.
About Globecomm Systems
Globecomm Systems
Inc. provides end-to-end value-added satellite-based communication products,
services and solutions by leveraging its core satellite ground segment systems
and network capabilities, with its satellite communication services
capabilities. The products and services Globecomm offers include pre-engineered
systems, systems design and integration services, managed network services and
life cycle support services. Globecomm's customers include communications
service providers, commercial enterprises, broadcast and other media and
content providers and government and government-related entities.
Based
in Hauppauge, New York, Globecomm Systems also maintains offices in Washington,
DC, Maryland, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and
Afghanistan.
About ViaSat
ViaSat produces innovative satellite
and other digital communication products that enable fast, secure, and
efficient communications to any location. The company provides networking
products and managed network services for enterprise IP applications; is a key
supplier of network-centric military communications and encryption technologies
to the U.S. government; and is the primary technology partner for gateway and
customer-premises equipment for consumer and mobile satellite broadband
services. The company owns five subsidiaries: US Monolithics, Efficient Channel
Coding, Enerdyne Technologies, Intelligent Compression Technologies, and JAST.
These companies design and produce complementary products such as monolithic
microwave integrated circuits, DVB-S2 satellite communication components, video
data link systems, data acceleration and compression products, and mobile
satellite antenna systems. ViaSat has locations in Carlsbad, CA, and Duluth,
GA, along with its Comsat Laboratories division in Germantown, MD. Additional
field offices are located in Boston, MA, Baltimore, MD, Washington DC,
Australia, China, India, Italy, and Spain.
(source: Globecomm
Systems)
