January 23, 2007
 General
Dynamics' SATCOM Technologies has received a $15.5 million order for
satellite communications terminals that will be used in the U.S.
Marine Corps' Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) program.
The terminals
will provide deployed warfighters robust, beyond-line-of-sight
communications for a broad spectrum of information services
including video, multimedia, data and imagery.
SATCOM
Technologies' award, issued through the U.S. Army
Communications-Electronics Lifecycle Management Command, Ft.
Monmouth, N.J., is part of a four-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite
quantity contract with a total potential value
of $160 million if all options are exercised.
Under terms of
the order, the U.S. Marine Corps will receive Warrior 120
(1.2-Meter) and Warrior 180 (1.8-Meter) flyaway terminals and
2.4-Meter trailer-mounted terminals for quick-setup tactical
communications.
"Reliable,
easy-to-deploy communications products are vital to supporting
tactical missions," said Gary Kanipe, vice president of SATCOM
Technologies for General Dynamics. "General Dynamics is the original
equipment manufacturer for the VertexRSI antennas and electronic
products that comprise these terminals, ensuring a high-quality,
reliable, on-the-move communications solution for customers."
The Marine's
SWAN program is acquiring this equipment through the World-Wide
Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract, which is intended to provide
communications systems that are capable of overcoming existing and
projected bandwidth constraints for Department of Defense
transformation programs worldwide. WWSS is available to support all
federal communications missions, including disaster relief and
homeland security efforts.
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