NATO Awards Globecomm and EMS Satcom $7.8-M Contract for GPS-based Force Tracking System

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — NATO has awarded a $7.8 million contract to Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) and EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG), as a major sub-contractor, to provide a Multi-National global positioning satellite-based friendly force tracking system (FTS).

Globecomm said the FTS will combine the EMS Satcom satellite real-time eNcompass PDT-100 (packet data terminal) system with Insite Technologies geoOps AVL software platform, to assist NATO with the monitoring, command and control of deployed forces, which will assist with the identification of friendly versus enemy forces and help prevent fratricide or “blue-on-blue”, and Globecomm's broad system integration capabilities.

Once deployed, the FTS will support the needs of NATO and is easily expandable to include thousands of vehicles, and high levels of tracking data and messaging traffic, according to Globecomm. NATO will have the ability to identify where its personnel are located at all times, identify other Multi-National forces and have the ability to do so in routine and operational situations.

David Hershberg, chairman and CEO of Globecomm, said expanding the company’s services to include satellite communications through this program is a great opportunity for Globecomm to be involved with leading-edge systems that are critical to military communication and operations on the ground.

EMS Satcom senior vice president and general manager Neil Mackay said the requirement for rapid mobile-ground asset tracking in adverse environments is rapidly becoming a must-have for effective military operations.

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