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USA Spends up to $18.5M on 2G Satellite Broadband & VoIP Network for Deployed Troops

USA Spends up to $18.5M on 2G Satellite Broadband & VoIP Network for Deployed Troops

M.C. Dean Inc. in Dulles, VA received a $7 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for a second generation satellite-based internet-broadband service and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network in support of deployed military...

Nortel Wins $42M VoIP, Switching Contract for UK MoD

Nortel Wins $42M VoIP, Switching Contract for UK MoD

British Telecommunications (BT) has Nortel Networks multiservice switching and voice-over-IP solutions as part of its $2.7 billion Defence Fixed Telecommunications System contract extension with the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). The contract is estimated to be worth approximately $42 million to Nortel over the next two years….

$7M to Begin VoIP at 2 Key U.S. Sites

$7M to Begin VoIP at 2 Key U.S. Sites

On April 21, 2005, Did noted that the U.S. Defense Department was moving closer to Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) for its telecommunications needs, expanding its control over this area and potentially reducing costs. Now General Dynamics Network Systems has been chosen by the U.S. Army to modernize communications and data network infrastructure at two of the Army’s strategic Power Projection Platform sites, Fort Drum, NY, and Fort Lewis, WA. The work is valued at approximately $7 million….

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA's E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) "survivable airborne communication system" airplanes support their Navy's SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces. With the advent of the...

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA's E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) "survivable airborne communication system" airplanes support their Navy's SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces. With the advent of the...

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA's E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) "survivable airborne communication system" airplanes support their Navy's SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces. With the advent of the...

Aerovironment’s Global Observer: Flying High, Again

Aerovironment’s Global Observer: Flying High, Again

Latest updates: Test crash, funding issues deliver a 1-2 punch to the program. ISR CONOPS(CONcept of OPerationS)(click to view full) The late Dr. Paul McReady's Aerovironment, Inc. has achieved just renown for the success of its small UAVs like the Army's RQ-11 Raven...