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Egypt’s National Air Navigation Awards Globecomm with $8.1 Million Infrastructure Contract |
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HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Feb. 25/Satnews Daily/ — Egypt’s National Air Navigation Services Company (NANSC) has awarded Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) an $8.1 million contract to design and install a next generation satellite-based network connecting nineteen remote NANSC sites. The contract work is scheduled to begin immediately.
Globecomm said the new network allows NANSC to conform to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards-based program. ICAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate is to ensure the safe, efficient and orderly evolution of international civil aviation. The network will provide a robust connection between the sites allowing for the transfer of voice, data and video at high data rates, enhancing the efficiency of NANSC's aviation operations. The primary use of the network will be to transfer the packet-based data converted from the underlying systems at each location to the CANC.
The network will make us of Internet Protocol (IP)as a common standard allowing airports to consolidate radar information from the application layer and move large amounts of data at fast speeds to a central hub, or amongst other airports in the network, and conform them to the ICAO standards-based program. IP -based networks carry voice, data and video.
David Hershberg, chairman and CEO said with the contract award, Globecomm is now qualified on an ICAO standards-based program. “As more airports come on-line, Globecomm is positioned to capitalize on the trend,” he said.
The contract was won teaming with Adcom, a local company, who was awarded a separate contract for the civil works and was instrumental in Globecomm's winning this award.
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