CapRock
Wins
Four
Government
Requirements
Worth
More
than
$47
Million
June
22,
2010
CapRock
Government
Solutions
has
been
awarded
four
multimillion
dollar
contracts
to
provide
managed
network
services
and
more
than
400MHz
of
commercial
satellite
capacity
to
four
separate
U.S.
Government
agencies.
The
contracts
run
through
2013
and
include
requirements
for
bandwidth,
teleport
and
backhaul
services
on
Ku
and
X-band
networks.
Services
provided
by
CapRock
will
be
used
to
support
a
range
of
missions
including
airborne
intelligence,
surveillance,
and
reconnaissance
(ISR),
tactical
field-deployed
communications
and
continuity
of
operations.
CapRock
leveraged
strategic
relationships
with
key
fleet
operators
–
EchoStar
Satellite
Services
L.L.C.,
Eutelsat,
Paradigm
Secure
Communications,
and
SES
World
Skies
– to
secure
necessary
space
segment
for
the
contracts.
CapRock
manages
a
network
of
4GHz
of
capacity
on
63
satellites
and
operates
four
self-owned
teleports
in
North
and
South
America,
Europe,
and
Asia.
To
support
the
global
operations
of
its
clients,
the
company
runs
eleven
regional
support
centers
and
four
Network
Operations
Centers
in
different
parts
of
the
world.
Additionally,
CapRock
has
taken
steps
to
develop
network
solutions
with
military-grade
features
that
have
grown
increasingly
important
to
users
within
the
Department
of
Defense
and
Federal
Civilian
agencies.
“With
over
4GHz
of
capacity
on
63
satellites
and
bandwidth-on-demand
at
24
DISN
access
points,
CapRock
can
offer
its
customers
greater
flexibility
and
access
to
more
robust
network
solutions,”
said
CapRock
Government
Solutions
President,
Tom
Eaton.