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  • Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships

    The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded CopaSAT a potential five-year contract to provide managed satellite communications services to two of the service branch’s Antarctica-based icebreaker ships. CopaSAT started to provide satcom services to the military branch’s Healy and Polar Star icebreakers on Oct. 1 under the contract, the company said Tuesday. “We are excited to provide the […] More

  • Inmarsat, AeroVironment Support NOAA-Coast Guard Ice Obstruction Clearing Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, AeroVironment Support NOAA-Coast Guard Ice Obstruction Clearing Mission

    Inmarsat has provided communications support to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-led team in efforts to break a channel of Antarctic sea ice to help ships deliver supplies to a U.S. research center located on Ross Island. Operation Deep Freeze 2016 used the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star to create a “superhighway” that will allow oil tankers and cargo ships to resupply fuel and food items to the […] More