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DataPath® Awarded $2.2 Million to Support U.S. Army SATCOM Terminals
DataPath Supports the JNN/WIN-T Program With In-Theater Depots That Provide Maintenance and Repair of Battlefield SATCOM Systems
Duluth, Ga. – Sept. 17, 2008 – DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the world, has been awarded $2.2 million to provide personnel, spares kits and other equipment for in-theater depots that support the U.S. Army’s Joint Network Node (JNN)/Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. The services and equipment support the maintenance and repair of hundreds of DataPath® JNN/WIN-T satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals deployed in Southwest Asia.
“DataPath’s field services organization, including depot personnel, onsite technical experts and others are doing exceptional work supporting the military’s most vital communications networks,” said Steve Lindeman, vice president of Business Operations at DataPath. “They are responsible for deploying and supporting the JNN/WIN-T satellite communications network used in theater today as well as other major military communications networks.”
DataPath has built and delivered more than 800 Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) as well as provided Unit Hub SATCOM Trucks (UHSTs), software and extensive services for the JNN/WIN-T program since 2004. DataPath has more than 250 field personnel supporting customers around the world. The majority of them support the U.S. military in more than 60 locations in nine countries.
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.
About DataPath, Inc.
DataPath® 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® network control software and comprehensive services. SWE DISH 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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