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Navy Awards Inmarsat IT-21 Contract To Stratos
Bethesda - August 26, 1998 - Stratos Mobile Networks has been awarded a contract to provide Inmarsat-B High Speed Data (HSD) lease channel mode communication services to the United States Navy. This service will provide full-time Inmarsat-B, 64kbps service to forward deployed US Naval Vessels in support of the Chief of Naval Operations' Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT-21) Project. The award has a potential value of approximately $7M. The purpose of the Inmarsat-B HSD lease channel mode communication services is to provide Automated Digital Network System (ADNS), data, voice and fax services in multiplexed encrypted circuits. The ability to provide full-time data services aboard its vessels is a critical piece of the Navy's Network Centric Warfare strategy. This strategy derives its power from the networking of a well-informed, but geographically dispersed force. IT-21 provides for the rapid exchange of information between Naval as well as Joint forces. "This contract represents a significant opportunity for Stratos with the United States Navy," said Derrick Rowe, President and CEO of Stratos Mobile Networks. "As an adaptive multi-network service provider, Stratos was able to deliver an end-to-end solution that nicely fit with the Navy's investment strategy and current infrastructure." Stratos has provided similar services to a number of customers, including the Canadian Military and Coast Guard. Stratos Mobile Networks is a multi-network mobile satellite service provider offering a diverse portfolio of communications services to users working in a variety of maritime and land industries, including: international shipping, fishing, offshore oil and gas projects, cruise, yachting, mining, humanitarian aid organizations, journalism, UN peacekeeping operations, and government agencies such as military, fisheries enforcement, Coast Guard and Emergency Measures.
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