SPAWAR In Globecomm’s Corner

Globecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ: GCOM] has announced today they and six other companies have been awarded an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center. The contract is for as much as $32 million in the base year, with a potential value of up to $175 million if the four option years are exercised. The contract vehicle enables all seven companies to bid on Portable Satellite Communications Terminals as required by SPAWAR. Globecomm’s Auto-Explorer product line is the proposed platform for the Navy’s requirements. All Auto-Explorer terminals are Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled to accept optional routers and IP satellite optimized solutions. The Auto-Acquisition and Terminal Management Software is designed to allow operation of the terminals by personnel with little or no communications or satellite communications experience. The terminals can receive IP data rates ranging from 64 kbps to 18.2 Mbps and send IP data rates ranging from 64 kbps to 8.4 Mbps. The Auto-Explorer product line is available in both C- and Ku-band frequencies and the Company is currently developing X-band capable terminals as part of a long-term strategy to address the growing use of X- and Ka-band frequencies by the U.S. government—Hauppauge, New York