DataPath, Inc., a worldwide provider of satellite and wireless communications network, received a $3.6 million order to continue resets, repairs and upgrades to DataPath(R)  Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) used in the U.S. Army's Joint Network Node (JNN)/Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. This funding is from exercised options on an existing delivery order, which is a previously announced four-year agreement with the Army that has a potential value of up to $270 million.

  Since September 2007, DataPath has received approximately $73 million in funding for upgrades to JNN/WIN-T satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals under this delivery order. WIN-T is replacing MSE as the Army’s on-the-move, high-speed, high-capacity backbone communications network. Here, SSGT Michael Irizarry, 1st BCT, 4th Infantry Division, (left) prepares to deploy to Iraq with a WIN-T Increment One KU trailer. (U.S. Army photo by Joshua Davidson.)

  Work under the delivery order includes resets and repairs to terminals returning from the battlefield, as well as upgrades that include hardware and system reconfiguration for Ka band operation on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system. DataPath engineers and field technical experts will perform the work at DataPath's facilities as well as at various Army locations.

  "DataPath is focused on working closely with the U.S. military to ensure the battlefield network is optimized with the latest innovations and technology such as the capability to use the WGS system," said Steve Lindeman, vice president of Business Operations at DataPath. "Our top priorities include enhancing and retrofitting the existing JNN/WIN-T terminals under this delivery order as well as improving the battlefield network for multi-band and on-the-move operations."

     Program Manager WIN-T's Commercial SATCOM Terminal Program at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, awarded the delivery order through the Worldwide Satellite Systems contract.