text: KVH Wins $42 M USCG Contract for mini-VSAT Broadband Service
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  10-year contract covers hardware, airtime, and global support
  KVH TracPhone V7 systems to be deployed on up to 216 U.S. Coast Guard small cutters over next 3-5 years
  MIDDLETOWN, RI - The U.S. Coast Guard today selected KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) to supply the next-generation satellite communications solution for its small cutter fleet. The winner of a full and open competitive procurement process, KVH's TracPhone(r) V7 satellite communication system and the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service becomes the U.S. Coast Guard's Small Cutter Connectivity (SCC) Ku Band System and Air Time Support Services solution. The U.S. Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) will deploy it over a 3- to 5-year period aboard as many as 216 small cutters representing 16 different cutter classes. The contract, encompassing the shipboard hardware, airtime services, and support, is a 10-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract valued at approximately $42 million. In conjunction with the contract award, KVH has also received the first task order from the U.S. Coast Guard to begin program implementation immediately. Supporting KVH in this multi-year effort will be network partner ViaSat, Inc., (Nasdaq: VSAT) and logistics partner Mackay Communications.
  The mini-VSAT Broadband network was designed by KVH and ViaSat from the ground up to be the first next-generation maritime satellite communications solution. Based on ViaSat's exclusive ArcLight(r) spread spectrum technology, KVH's mini-VSAT network offers broadband and voice performance superior to traditional maritime VSAT or Inmarsat services via the compact KVH TracPhone V7, the first FCC-approved 24-inch (60 cm) VSAT system. The seamless worldwide network is delivered by 11 satellite transponders and 8 secure earth stations and offers voice service and Internet access as fast as 512 Kbps (upload) and 2 Mbps (download) with significant cost savings compared to competing services.