DataPath To Bid As Prime Contractor On Multi-Million Dollar, Air Force Contract For Ground Multi-Band Terminal; Satellite Earth Terminal Leader Provides Battle-Tested COTS Solutions.DULUTH, Ga. -- DataPath, Inc., a global telecommunications systems integrator, today announced that it will bid as a prime contractor on the U.S. Air Force (USAF) multi-million dollar Ground Multiband Terminal (GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 ) program, a major "hub and spoke Any architecture that uses a central connecting point. It is the same as a star topology in a network. A network hub is hardware that functions as a central hub to all nodes. See hub and full mesh.  " satellite communications terminal Terminus of a communications circuit at which data can be either entered or received; located with the originator or ultimate addressee. Also called CT. modernization program. DataPath provides the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with access to battle-tested, proven, leading-edge commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) earth terminal solutions. DataPath earth terminal solutions today support the U.S. Army's Joint Network Node The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. (JNN JNN Joint Network Node JNN Journal of Neonatal Nursing ) as well as the Marine Corps' Video Storage Wide Area Network (VSWAN) and Logistics Support Wide Area Network (LSWAN) programs in Iraq. DataPath designed and supports the Air Force teleport at Ramstein Air Force base in Germany. This platform provided the model for the DoD teleport initiative. The GMT program will replace legacy military specification (MILSPEC MILSPEC Military Specification ) tactical satellite earth terminals. GMT terminals will operate in multiple super high-frequency (SHF SHF abbr. superhigh frequency Noun 1. SHF - 3 to 30 gigahertz superhigh frequency radio frequency - an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared ) bands using transponded commercial and military satellites. GMTs will use the on-orbit X and Ka band capabilities of the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite system and replace aging Ground Mobile Forces (GMF GMF Graphical Modeling Framework GMF German Marshall Fund GMF Groupes de Médecine de Famille (French; Quebec, Canada) GMF Genetically Modified Food GMF Gulf of Mexico Foundation ) terminals. The GMT program calls for immediate and uninterrupted GMT operational status and systems portability - empowering airmen to deploy GMT units in rugged transit cases to mission-critical locations throughout the world. "DataPath portable satellite earth terminal solutions empower the military's transition toward joint interoperability and net-centric operating models," said Andy Mullins, chief executive officer of DataPath. "DataPath is proud to offer the Air Force portable satellite earth terminal solutions that provide compatibility between legacy systems and state of the art IP capabilities that have already demonstrated their value in Afghanistan and Iraq." DataPath delivers a broad range of satellite earth terminal solutions. The DataPath 2000 family of COTS portable products for battlefield communications provides the compact, easy-to-assemble, proven and survivable sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. satellite earth terminal solution to empower the Air Force GMT program to deliver critical voice, video and Internet communications to the edge of the warfighter network for command, control, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capability. About DataPath, Inc. DataPath is a global telecommunications systems integrator specializing in satellite earth terminals and network solutions. DataPath's rapid deployment voice, video and Internet communications solutions deliver mission-critical connectivity in extreme environments. Founded in 1996, DataPath serves government and commercial customers throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Privately held, DataPath is headquartered in Duluth, Ga., and maintains offices in Fort Monmouth, N.J., Tampa, Fla., the Philippines and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.datapath.com. |
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