DataPath, Inc., a provider of satellite and wireless communications networks has been awarded $3.7 million by the U.S. Army to manufacture and install DataPath DKET LT satellite communications hubs to support the U.S. military Joint Task Force in Afghanistan. The systems will be deployed by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to deliver high-bandwidth voice, video and data connectivity that provides the SATCOM network in the region with global reach. U.S. forces first deployed DataPath DKETs in Afghanistan in 2001 to establish the military network where there was no infrastructure, and have proven to be reliable under any conditions.
DataPath has worked with the U.S. military since 1998 to build the DKET network. This order of the DKET network will include more than 75 advanced SATCOM hubs that serve as a key communications backbone for U.S. military operations around the world. The DataPath DKET LT is a highly transportable, self-contained earth terminal that establishes headquarters-level network-hub connectivity anywhere.
Program Manager WIN-T’s Commercial SATCOM Terminal Program (CSTP) at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J. made the award through the CSTP Blanket Purchase Agreement contract—Duluth, Georgia
