L3 Awarded Contract to Provide SATCOM Terminals to the U.S. Air National Guard
October 09 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
L3 Technologies (NYSE:LLL) announced today that it has been
awarded a contract to provide Hawkeye™ III Lite VSAT satellite
communications terminals and on-site training to the U.S. Air
National Guard’s Joint Incident Site Communications Capability
(JISCC) teams. These terminals will facilitate direct communication
from remote locations in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Additionally, these Army Strategic Command (ARSTRAT)-certified
terminals will enable access to the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)
network of military satellites supporting all response missions
within the U.S. and its territories. These L3 products are on
exhibit at the 2017 Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
Annual Meeting & Exposition in Booth 7129.
“L3 is proud to provide an advanced WGS communications
capability to the Air National Guard,” said Christopher E. Kubasik,
L3’s President and Chief Operating Officer. “We have delivered more
than 12,000 VSATs to military customers and have earned a
reputation for quality, performance and reliability. The improved
satellite connectivity and functionality from these terminals will
assist this essential unit in its critical missions across the
globe.”
Under this contract, the company will deliver 46 Hawkeye III
Lite 1.2-meter tri-band VSATs in the fourth quarter of 2017. JISCC
provides Air National Guard communications units with military
Command and Control and National Incident Management
System-compatible data information using a standard and modular
communications platform.
L3 GCS is a leading provider of SATCOM systems that integrate
data, broadband Internet, telephony, multimedia, audio, video and
computer networking, and is a unit of L3’s Communication Systems
segment. The company’s rugged, easily deployed systems are utilized
by the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, as well as federal agencies and commercial sector
customers. To learn more about L3 GCS, please visit the company’s
website at www.L3T.com/GCS.
Headquartered in New York City, L3 Technologies employs
approximately 38,000 people worldwide and is a leading provider of
a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems used
on military, homeland security and commercial platforms. L3 is also
a prime contractor in aerospace systems, security and detection
systems, and pilot training. The company reported 2016 sales of
$10.5 billion.
To learn more about L3, please visit the company’s website at
www.L3T.com. L3 uses its website as a channel of distribution of
material company information. Financial and other material
information regarding L3 is routinely posted on the company’s
website and is readily accessible.
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