Globecomm
Systems
Awarded
IDIQ
Contract
from The
United
States
Navy's
SPAWAR
Center
March 5,
2008
Globecomm
Systems
Inc.
announced
that the
Company
and six
other
companies
have
been
awarded
an
Indefinite
Delivery
/
Indefinite
Quantity
(IDIQ)
contract
from the
U.S.
Navy's
Space
and
Naval
Warfare
(SPAWAR)
Systems
Center.
The
contract
is for
up to
$32
million
in the
base
year,
with a
potential
value of
up to
$175
million
if the
four
option
years
are
exercised.
The
contract
vehicle
enables
all
seven
companies
to bid
on
Portable
Satellite
Communications
Terminals
as
required
by
SPAWAR.
Globecomm's
Auto-Explorer(R)
product
line is
the
proposed
platform
for the
Navy's
requirements.
All
Auto-Explorer(R)
terminals
are
Internet
Protocol
(IP)-enabled
to
accept
optional
routers
and IP
satellite
optimized
solutions.
The
Auto-Acquisition
and
Terminal
Management
Software
is
designed
to allow
operation
of the
terminals
by
personnel
with
little
or no
communications
or
satellite
communications
experience.
The
terminals
can
receive
IP data
rates
ranging
from 64
kbps to
18.2
Mbps and
send IP
data
rates
ranging
from 64
kbps to
8.4
Mbps.
The
Auto-Explorer
product
line is
available
in both
C and Ku
band
frequencies
and the
Company
is
currently
developing
X-band
capable
terminals
as part
of a
long-term
strategy
to
address
the
growing
use of X
and Ka
band
frequencies
by the
U.S.
government.
Mike
Plourde,
Vice
President
Government
Programs,
said,
"The
government
marketplace
has
embraced
the
Auto-Explorer
product
line
since
its
introduction.
This
award
further
validates
the
investments
the
Company
has made
and will
continue
to make
in the
development
of this
family
of
portable
satellite
communication
terminals."