NORSAT’s Portable Sat Gets The Go From NATO… Any Time Any Place

[SatNews] …this is an easy to deploy portable communications solution that delivers video, voice, and data connectivity anywhere on the planet….

Norsat International Inc. (Norsat) (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF), a provider of communications solutions, announces that it has recently met the stringent in-field testing criteria of the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency (established on July 1st, by the merger of 5 NATO agencies, including the NATO C3 Agency). Additionally, Norsat has been granted Final Acceptance for their custom-designed dual Ku- and X-Band portable satellite terminals. 

Norsat won the $1.3 million contract to provide satellite based communications equipment and services for the NCI Agency in August 2011, and has designed portable satellite terminals that are customized to meet their specifications. Norsat’s Dual-Band Auto-acquisition Rapid-deployable Terminals (DART+) are now an integral part of the NCI Agency program and have been deployed in active combat areas since January 2012. The terminals are used to provide data, voice and telecommunications to and from behind the lines areas, and will enable NATO’s NCI Agency to establish communications anywhere regardless of infrastructure availability or environmental conditions.

Norsat’s President and CEO, Dr. Amiee Chan, stated “We were pleased to win the contract to work with NATO’s NCI Agency last year, and achieving Final Acceptance for the DART+ obviously marks a significant milestone for the project.  Norsat worked exclusively with NATO to design and develop the innovative DART+ product, which now meets the challenging requirements of the NCI Agency.  The end result is a fit for purpose terminal, which is currently used to provide valuable communications in theatre.”

The Norsat DART+ product is also available for other NATO member countries looking for an easy to deploy portable communications solution that delivers video, voice, and data connectivity anywhere on the planet.