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L3Harris to Upgrade Hawkeye VSAT Terminals
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) recently awarded L3Harris Technologies a US$100 million five-year contract with options. This is to upgrade and extend the service life of its existing fleet of approximately 550 L3Harris Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT). The contract was received in December 2019.
L3Harris will provide software, hardware and warranty upgrades that will extend the life of existing Hawkeye III Lite VSAT terminals and deliver significant cost savings. The VSATs originally were secured through the Satellite Deployable Node – Family of Terminals or Satellite Deployable Node – Medium contracts for the programme.
The Hawkeye family of flyaway VSAT terminals have long been a staple of the U.S. Army's technology arsenal. The quick-deploy, auto-acquire terminals have kept soldiers out of harm's way on the battlefield. In 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, troops advanced so quickly that their requisitions fell behind and logistics and maintenance transactions slumped to nearly zero, leaving troops without supplies. The solution for the U.S. Army was CSS VSAT, also known as the Hawkeye II 1.2M terminal. The CSS-Satcom programme was launched in 2003 and to date 4,000 systems have been shipped to the U.S. Army and continue to support the customer with a condition-based refurbishment programme as well as modem upgrades.
These systems provide direct support to soldiers on the battlefield and has allowed them to make significant advances over the "sneakernet", which in the past, required soldiers to drive through harm's way in convoys, to deliver requisitions.
The Hawkeye III Lite auto-acquire VSAT lightweight, tri-band flyaway system provides data rates of 2-5mbps and can be deployed in a matter of minutes. Available in X-, Ku- and Ka-Bands, this system is available with iDirect or Linkway modem options.
Hawkeye III Lite provides high-speed data communications for Internet, VPN connectivity and video transmission. This solution can be deployed in a matter of minutes, utilising the auto-acquire antenna system, ViewSat-e GUI, and the Outdoor Unit (ODU). Hawkeye III Lite auto-acquire VSAT can be deployed in a matter of minutes by Special Operations Forces. They provide vital communications reach back capability to SOCOM headquarters and other government entities.
The modular design of the Hawkeye III series VSATs make it possible to offer RF Band kits for quick and easy conversion from one band to another with just a simple feed boom change. The complete system consists of two or three rugged, hard-sided cases which house the controller, 6-segment carbon fibre circular reflector, boom and feed, and low-noise block downconverter (LNB) devices for global coverage.
“This agreement extends the service life of our customer’s existing terminals and highlights the priority USSOCOM places on ensuring their deployed users are equipped with the latest in VSAT technology,” said Chris Aebli, President, Global Communication Systems, L3Harris.
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