KVH Supports U.S. Customs and Border Protection Programs with SATCOM Order from Global Technical Systems

February 18, 2014

KVH Industries, Inc has received an order from Virginia-based Global Technical Systems (GTS) to support a 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for ULAD platforms that will be used in U.S. Customs and Border Protection programs. KVH will provide communications for the platforms via its TracPhone V7-IP satellite communications systems and mini-VSAT Broadband service. KVH has already begun to fulfill the order by delivering the initial shipment of TracPhone V7-IP systems to GTS; there is potential for KVH to supply 144 systems to GTS over a five-year ordering period of a 10-year IDIQ contract. 

The mini-VSAT Broadband service will be used to transmit data from a mobile platform that will house surveillance radar and other sensors for homeland security initiatives. “The TracPhone V7-IP is perfect for the ULAD platform because it offers outstanding performance in on-the-move and on-the-halt applications, transmitting data with the agility needed to support any number of operational scenarios,” says Dan Conway, executive vice president of KVH’s guidance and stabilization group. “Our mini-VSAT Broadband network is fully licensed by the FCC to provide seamless coverage