Orbit Awarded $4M To Supply Marine Satellite Communication Systems For The French Navy
Orbit Technology Group, a recognized leader in the development of advanced solutions for Stabilized Mobile Satellite Communication and Tracking Antennas, announced the award of an order, in excess of $4M, by the French Navy via DCNS. With this contract, Orbit will supply the French Navy with Ku-Band (brand name OrSat) and C-Band Marine Satellite Communication systems.
Orbit's systems will provide the French Navy with continuous, high speed, two-way connectivity for reliable reception and transmission of voice, data and Internet connection, in harsh environmental conditions. The French Navy has selected Orbit for its extensive and proven experience in the field of satellite communications, its unique and advanced technologies, and its systems' ability to provide continuous connectivity.
"We are very pleased with this important addition to previous Orbit contracts with other leading European navies", said Avi Cohen, Orbit's President & CEO. He went on to say, "Our success in winning this tender underscores our technological capabilities in the field of satellite communication. We continue to demonstrate that with Orbit's antenna systems, navies obtain the dependable and comprehensive coverage, critically important for today's threat filled environment."
Orbit's advanced Marine Satellite Communication systems offer a number of unique features. Utilizing an exclusive modular mechanical design that is extremely compact and highly efficient, the systems provide high bandwidth always on connectivity. Constituting an out-and-out revolution in high stability marine communications, OrSat boasts no keyholes for continuous zenith-horizon communications. With built-in GPS and RF packages, OrSat requires no system balancing and is exceptionally easy to install, operate and maintain. OrSat's unique status having Eutelsat, Intelsat and Anatel type approvals, coupled with its field proven record, sets OrSat apart as an off-the-shelf system, ready-to-operate in Global-Ku voyages.
About Orbit
Orbit Technology Group is a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of a wide range of Stabilized Satellite Communication Systems, enabling mobile platform-to-satellite connections. Orbit has over 50 years of experience in developing superior performance communications equipment, enabling users to benefit from real-time, high quality communications. Providing mobile stabilized satellite communication solutions for both commercial and defense customers, Orbit has a well established reputation for reliability, innovation and cost effectiveness. The OrSat, Ku-Band maritime stabilized antenna, has been approved by leading satellite operators Eutelsat, Intelsat and Anatel.
Delivering a full range of Stabilized Satellite Communication solutions for mobile air, land and marine applications, the company now adds Global Ku coverage capability to its unique OrSat antenna system. The company's solutions translate innovation into impeccable performance, reliability and operational functionality for both defense and commercial deployments.
Orbit is a public company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange with a worldwide sales and marketing network which includes offices in the US, UK and Singapore, and with comprehensive international technical support centers around the globe, providing swift and reliable services.
For more information, visit: www.orbit-techgroup.com.
SOURCE: Orbit Technology Group