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TMCNet: U.S. Special Operations Command Awards L-3 GCS $170 Million Contract

[September 02, 2010]

U.S. Special Operations Command Awards L-3 GCS $170 Million Contract

Sep 02, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- L-3 Communications announced that its GCS subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command for its Panther Very Small Aperture Terminal manpack satellite communications systems and associated equipment.

In a release dated Aug. 26, the Company said the systems will be used in support of USSOCOM's Special Operations Forces Deployable Node-Lite program, which will provide worldwide satellite communications connectivity to Special Operations Forces field personnel. The contract is valued at up to $170 million over the next five years.

"L-3 GCS is particularly honored to have been selected by USSOCOM for this important program to augment warfighter communications," said Bob Jacobson, president of L-3 GCS. "For the past two years, our goal has been to bring the size of a VSAT terminal down to a rucksack-sized package. We have achieved that goal, and USSOCOM has validated our vision with this award. Now, a single warfighter can have a megabit-per-second, beyond line-of-sight radio in his or her rucksack." L-3 GCS will begin shipping MIL-tested and certified Ku-, Ka-, and X-band manpacks, data kits and power systems to USSOCOM this calendar year, with additional units scheduled for production and delivery over the life of the contract.

L-3 GCS is a provider of satellite communications.

L-3 Communications is a prime contractor in Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance, and government services.

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