Newsat Signs
$1.1 Million
Contract To
Support US
Government
4 December 2013
NewSat has
announced a
new teleport
customer
contract to
support the
US
Government’s
Custom
SATCOM
Solutions
(CS2). The
contract
with a CS2
Industry
Partner is
to provide
satellite
communication
services to
the US
Department
of Defense
(DoD) in the
Pacific
Command
(PACOM)
region.
NewSat’s
contract has
a base
period along
with three
one-year
option
terms, which
if
exercised,
has a total
contract
value of
$1.1
million.
NewSat’s
partner has
secured
service
commitments
through the
CS2
contracting
vehicle,
that will be
used to
provide
customised,
customer-defined,
end-to-end
solutions
including
satellite
bandwidth,
teleport
access,
network
management,
satellite
communications
equipment,
and
engineering
support. The
contract is
the second
CS2 Industry
Partner
contract
NewSat has
signed. On
16th October
2013, NewSat
announced a
$2.4 million
contract
with a US
Government
(USG)
systems
integrator,
taking the
total value
of contracts
supporting
CS2 Industry
Partners to
$3.5
million.
The Custom
SATCOM
Solutions
will assist
emergency
response and
disaster
recovery
communications
systems;
satellite-based
back-up
communications
networks;
distributed
distance
learning
networks;
and
communications
on the move
solutions
for DoD
applications.
The
contracts
are part of
the Future
Commercial
Satellite
Communications
Services
Acquisition
(FCSA)
strategy.
This
strategy was
established
by the
General
Services
Administration
(GSA) and
Defense
Information
Systems
Agency
(DISA) to
consolidate
one program
for the
procurement
of
transponder
capacity
(satellite
bandwidth),
subscription
services
(including
terminal and
bandwidth
combinations)
and
end-to-end
solutions
contracting
vehicles,
therefore
regulating
the
procuring of
custom
satellite
communication
solutions
from a
select group
of Industry
Partners:
eight
qualified
contractors
and four
small
businesses.
In
commenting
on NewSat’s
position in
this key
market
segment,
Adrian
Ballintine,
NewSat
Founder and
CEO said:
“With blue
chip defence
contracts
like these,
NewSat’s
base
teleport
business
continues to
grow and
succeed.
NewSat’s
‘customer
first’
approach and
industry
leading
support is
ensuring the
Company
continues to
acquire and
nurture
A-grade
customers
like the USG
systems
integrators,
who are
potential
Jabiru
satellite
customers of
the future.”
In
commenting
on NewSat’s
commitment
to CS2
partners,
Diego
Paldao,
NewSat Vice
President,
Americas
said:
“NewSat’s
recent
contract
success in
supporting
CS2 Industry
Partners is
testament to
our ability
to service
government
partners and
the ongoing
global
demand for
communications.
NewSat is
the partner
of choice
for PACOM
missions, a
strong US
ally and
well
positioned
geographically
to work
closely with
US
government
agency
partners.”
“NewSat is
excited to
work closely
with our
partners to
provide
high-quality
satellite
communication
networks for
Custom
SATCOM
Solutions
and the
associated
applications.”
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