ARTEL Awarded $70 Million in Task Orders to Provide Satellite Services to U.S. Central Command.

RESTON, Va. -- ARTEL, Inc., a global provider of Information Technology (IT) and Managed Network Services, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has competitively re-awarded ARTEL two task orders to provide satellite services to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in support of U.S warfighters in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. The awards are worth more than $70 million if three one-year option periods are fully exercised.

The task orders were awarded under the Defense Information Systems Network Satellite Telecommunications Services-Global (DSTS-G) contract. DSTS-G provides a contractual vehicle for the Defense Department, federal agencies, and other users authorized by DoD, to obtain global fixed satellite service (FSS) bandwidth and related satellite-based services and applications. DoD originally awarded ARTEL, one of three prime contractors, the DSTS-G contract in 2001.

"In the current global war fighting environment, the integrated solutions that ARTEL provides are critical to the success of the missions and programs that are undertaken around the world, often in remote areas that rely on satellite services for communications needs," said Abbas Yazdani, president and CEO of ARTEL. "This contract win underscores the value of the services that ARTEL continues to provide to the Department of Defense."

In areas where U.S. warfighters will be using ARTEL's services, little infrastructure is in place for terrestrial services and the military heavily relies on satellite services to carry out its missions. Under the task order award, ARTEL will provide satellite connectivity as well as real-time, proactive monitoring and control over the day-to-day physical and logical configuration of leased bandwidth, earth terminals and associated terrestrial interconnection resources.

All expressed contract award terms and values represent the amounts that ARTEL expects to receive from the agreements if all options are exercised.

About ARTEL, Inc.

Founded in 1986, ARTEL is a global leader in information technology providing a full spectrum of telecommunications, network management, solutions integration and information security services to meet the critical business and technology objectives of its clients. Operating in six of the seven continents around the globe in both commercial and government markets, ARTEL provides information technology solutions that cover the full life-cycle process, beginning with strategic business analysis and planning and ending with full implementation. Visit ARTEL on the web at www.artelinc.com.