KVH Wins $42 Million U.S. Coast Guard Contract for mini-VSAT Broadband Service 30 September 2010 The U.S. Coast Guard today selected KVH Industries, Inc., to supply the next-generation satellite communications solution for its small cutter fleet. The winner of a full and open competitive procurement process, KVH’s TracPhone V7 satellite communication system and the mini-VSAT Broadband service becomes the U.S. Coast Guard’s Small Cutter Connectivity (SCC) Ku Band System and Air Time Support Services solution. The U.S. Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) will deploy it over a 3- to 5-year period aboard as many as 216 small cutters representing 16 different cutter classes. The contract, encompassing the shipboard hardware, airtime services, and support, is a 10-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract valued at approximately $42 million. In conjunction with the contract award, KVH has also received the first task order from the U.S. Coast Guard to begin program implementation immediately. Supporting KVH in this multi-year effort will be network partner ViaSat, Inc., (Nasdaq: VSAT) and logistics partner Mackay Communications. “In the face of rapidly expanding data communications requirements, including real-time use of biometric technology, homeland security efforts, and extended worldwide operations, the U.S. Coast Guard needed a global communication solution robust enough to support these demands and rugged enough for even the most demanding maritime conditions,” explains Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH’s chief executive officer. “It’s gratifying that the U.S. Coast Guard recognized that the combination of our TracPhone V7 and the mini-VSAT Broadband service offered the capacity and reliability to meet these requirements while providing the best value to the government. We are honored to provide the dedicated professionals of the U.S. Coast Guard with the critical satellite communication technology and service that they need to complete their missions successfully now and in the future.” The Small Cutter Connectivity program is part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s initiative to upgrade the legacy cutter fleet’s commercial satellite systems from Inmarsat to Ku-band in order to provide improved military communication capabilities for voice and data transmission and reception, as well as improving interoperability with Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense partners.