Globecomm Receives Contract Extension from NATO
for GPS-Based Force Tracking System
April 2015
Globecomm has received a contract extension from NATO Communications
and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to extend communication services and
onsite support for NATO’s previously deployed GPS-Based Force Tracking
System (FTS). The contract extension is valued at $6.8 million.
Globecomm previously announced approximately $84 million in contracts
from NATO for this project to design and install a GPS FTS. The FTS
provides NATO with high levels of tracking data and messaging traffic.
It enables NATO to identify where its personnel are located at all
times, identify other multi-national forces and have the ability to do
so in routine and operational situations. This is critical in
assisting with the identification of friendly forces and helps prevent
fratricide or “blue-on-blue” incidents.
Paul Knudsen, Vice President of Foreign Government Business
Development, for Globecomm said, “We value our long-term relationship
with NATO and the trust that Globecomm has earned by providing this
service since 2007.”
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