Satellite comms terminals for U.S. Navy to be provided by Cobham Satcom
NewsFebruary 08, 2023
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LYNGBY, Denmark. Cobham Satcom will provide SAILOR XTR user terminals to the U.S. Navy on behalf of prime contractor Inmarsat Government as part of a $578 million contract, the company announced in a statement.
The terminals will provide "fast, reliable and secure worldwide end-to-end commercial satcom for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Next Generation Wideband service," the statement reads.
Inmarsat Government currently is upgrading the primary MSC afloat network from Ku-band VSAT to the Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band under the 10-year Navy contract that was awarded in August 2022. Cobham Satcom was chosen to be the user terminal partner, the company says.
"The roll-out, which includes replacing all existing Ku-band user terminals on MSC vessels with customized rapid deployment 1 meter SAILOR 1000 XTR and 0.6 meter SAILOR 600 XTR Ka-band VSAT terminals, starts immediately," the statement adds.