GigaSat, part of Ultra Electronics CIS (Communications
& Integrated Systems), in partnership with Inmarsat, the world leader in
mobile satellite communications, has successfully delivered 16 satellite
multiband earth ground station terminals to Canada’s Department of National
Defence (DND) in record time.
Shared Services Canada (SSC), an initiative of the Canadian Government
to provide information technology services to the various Canadian governmental
agencies, has through Inmarsat, successfully fulfilled requirements to
provide the Canadian Armed Forces with medium and large multiband satellite
terminals.
The terminals are designed to be
deployed globally to access worldwide global satcom (WGS) military
communications, as well as commercial satellite network operators. The Inmarsat
type-approved terminals will allow Canada’s Department of National Defence
(DND) to access mission critical voice and data networks across the world.
With the Wideband Ka capabilities, the
terminals enable DND to also access Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) military or
commercial Ka-band, High-Capacity Payload (HCP) to augment their own WGS
capacity, providing a fully redundant and secure alternative.
The provision of multiband earth ground
stations terminals to DND marks start of a new relationship between GigaSat and
Inmarsat. While the usual time period
for supplying such an order is in the region of six to nine months, the DND
terminals were built and delivered in just six weeks.