Hughes Awarded CS2 Task Order to Provide Satellite Broadband Solutions and Services to the Government Education and Training Network

March 3, 2014

Hughes Network Systems, LLC has been awarded a task order by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in support of the Government Education and Training Network (GETN) to provide commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) end-to-end solutions to enable the network's distance learning capabilities. GETN is a network of 8 federal agencies, including U.S. Department of Defense, Executive Branch agencies and Federal Judiciary agencies that share satellite technology, facilities, and distance learning programs. The task order, awarded through GSA's Custom Satellite Communication Solutions (CS2) contract vehicle, is for a term of four and one half years including the base and option years.

The task order win marks the second GETN award for Hughes, following the first order in December 2007 under the GSA's SATCOM II vehicle to provide broadband satellite solutions and services.

"Hughes is honored to be selected a second time to support GETN in enabling distance learning capabilities for federal agencies," said Tony Bardo, assistant vice president of Government Solutions at Hughes. "With federal agency budgets stretched so thin, distance learning is especially in demand, and its well understood that satellite technology is a cost-effective approach to delivering reliable, high capacity network services."