Kratos Awarded Carrier Monitoring System Contract for NewSat's Jabiru-1 Satellite
February 17 2015 - 7:00AM
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a
leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that
its SAT Corporation (SAT) subsidiary was awarded a contract to
design, manufacture, install, test and deliver a carrier monitoring
system by NewSat Limited.
The system will include Monics® with SAT-DSP from SAT. Monics,
the industry's leading carrier monitoring solution (CMS), will give
NewSat the ability to monitor payload traffic and to detect and
analyze RF interference, even if that interference is hiding within
the main carrier. Powered by SAT's DSP technology supporting
high-speed measurements with 80MHz of instantaneous bandwidth, the
CMS will provide automatic carrier monitoring, interference
detection and analysis of JSL's entire constellation of satellites.
Jabiru-1 is scheduled for launch in the first half of 2016. When in
operation, Jabiru-1, a Lockheed Martin A2100 satellite, will
provide high-powered capacity communications solutions and services
to enterprise and government customers in the Middle East, Asia and
North Africa (MENA).
David Ball, Chief Technology Officer for NewSat, said, "Jabiru-1
will be Australia's first commercial Ka-band satellite, unlocking
bandwidth capacity and coverage unavailable today. With one of the
largest satellites in orbit, a leading carrier monitoring system is
essential for the operations of Jabiru-1 and we look forward to
working with SAT on this important element of the satellite
program."
"Kratos welcomes the opportunity to provide our carrier
monitoring system for Jabiru-1," said Greg Caicedo, VP and General
Manager of SAT. "With this solution, multiple system operators will
be able to obtain real time measurements and spectrum displays of
the satellite bandwidth for system management purposes. Earlier
this year, Kratos was selected to provide a satellite command and
control system for Jabiru-1, and we are pleased to provide it with
CMS as well."
About NewSat
NewSat (AUST:NWT) is Australia's largest pure-play satellite
communications company, delivering internet, voice, data and video
communications via satellite. With award winning and
unique-to-Australia teleport infrastructure, NewSat has a
reputation as the partner of choice for enterprise and government
customers around the world. Today, NewSat provides secure and
reliable connectivity to 75% of the globe. NewSat is currently
expanding its satellite capabilities with the Jabiru Satellite
Program. Set to launch Australia's first commercial Ka-band
satellite, Jabiru-1 will provide high-powered, flexible capacity
over the MENA, and Jabiru-2, launched in 2014, will deliver highly
targeted coverage across Australasia. For more information, please
visit www.newsat.com.
About Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) is a
specialized National Security technology Company providing mission
critical products, solutions and services for United States
National Security. Kratos' core capabilities are sophisticated
engineering, manufacturing and system integration offerings for
National Security platforms and programs. Kratos' areas of
expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing,
Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
(C5ISR), satellite communication systems, electronic warfare,
unmanned systems, missile defense, cyber warfare, cybersecurity,
information assurance, and critical infrastructure security. Kratos
has primarily an engineering and technically oriented work force of
approximately 3,600. Substantially all of Kratos' work is performed
on a military base, in a secure facility or at a critical
infrastructure location. Kratos' primary end customers are National
Security related agencies. News and information are available at
www.KratosDefense.com.
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29, 2013, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other
filings made with the SEC by Kratos.
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