Stratos [TSX:SGB], a Bethesda, Md. -based provider of satellite communications, has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the Australian Defence Force to provide Inmarsat-B voice and data leased services. Under the contract, Stratos will supply four Inmarsat-B leased circuits to the Australian military for up to five years. The Australian Defence Force will uses these services for strategic, tactical, and logistic communications among a number of its naval and land-based units.