SES GS, AIS Engineering Ink Capacity Deal with US Army
By Caleb Henry | September 9, 2014
The Army’s Deployable Ku-band Earth Terminals such as the one shown here in August 2013 at an enduring site in Afghanistan, are part of the WIN-T network architecture. Photo: U.S. Army
[Via Satellite 09-09-2014] The United States Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) has awarded a contract to SES Government Solutions to provide capacity for the Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T). Under the five year agreement, SES GS will operate as a sub-contractor to AIS Engineering.
AIS and SES GS’ combined solution will use SES satellites exclusively. The U.S. Army intends to use the capacity for testing new applications in mobile missions.