[Satellite TODAY 06-06-11] AT&T Government Solutions was awarded a series of U.S. Department of Defense task orders worth up to $48 million to provide satellite-based voice, video and Internet services to deployed military service personnel overseas, AT&T announced June 3.
The task orders were awarded through an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quality (IDIQ) contract AT&T received from the U.S. Marine Corps MWR Business Operations Division in 2009.
AT&T and its partners will utilize its network management, professional services and satellite communication capabilities to design, deploy and maintain a satellite and IP-based, mobile communications network to support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ Morale Portable Satellite Communications (MoraleSat) program.
The MoraleSat equipment suite includes L-3’s GCS Cheetah auto-acquire flyaway VSAT system. The suite aims to allow military personnel access to voice, video and web-based services through readily-deployed mobile communication satellite terminals and IP router components.
“The U.S. military needed a global network that could handle large volumes of morale-type voice, video and data traffic that did not affect mission-critical networks,” AT&T Government Solutions Vice President John Klebonis said in a statement.
