...has been awarded to diversified locally-based company, Hills Holdings Limited (ASX: HIL). The four-year contract is for the design, supply and installation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) bandwidth efficient global satellite network for 51 Australian Embassies and other DFAT offices around the world and for the continuing support for DFATs high security satellite communication requirements. STEP Electronics—part of the Hills Holdings Group’s expanding Electronics and Communications division—won the contract following a competitive tender process involving at least a dozen businesses, including many of STEP’s major industry competitors. STEP Electronics also holds significant contracts with Telstra and Optus, among others, for both supply and installation of satellite systems.