Intelsat General
Awarded Second
Contract to
Provide
Connectivity in
Support of
Mideast
Operations
March
7, 2016
Intelsat
General
Corporation, has
been awarded a
second contract
to provide
satellite
services to the
U.S. Central
Command
(CENTCOM).
The one-year
contract calls
for 288 MHz of
Ku-band service
to support U.S.
military
operations in
the CENTCOM Area
of
Responsibility
(AOR), which
extends from
North Africa
through the
Middle East and
into the Central
Asian countries
of Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
“This capacity
will provide the
U.S. military’s
deployed command
and control
nodes with
robust reliable
communications
in remote
locations,” said
Skot Butler,
Vice President,
Satellite
Networks and
Space Services,
at Intelsat
General. “This
will support
vital C4ISR
networks
throughout the
CENTCOM AOR.”
The service,
which began in
February 2016,
has four,
one-year renewal
option periods
and one
six-month
renewal option
period. The new
contract follows
a similar award
made last
September to
support the
United States
Air Forces
Central Command
(AFCENT)
operations with
144 MHz of
Ku-band
services.
