Globecomm Systems, a leading provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, today announced that the Company has received a contract modification from NATO valued at $4.6 million to extend communications services and on site support for the Company's previously deployed GPS-Based Force Tracking System (FTS).
Globecomm previously announced approximately $22.9 million in contracts from NATO to design and install a GPS FTS, bringing the combined contract value to $27.5 million. The FTS provides NATO with high levels of tracking data and messaging traffic.
It enables NATO to identify where its personnel are located at all times, identify other multi-national forces and have the ability to do so in routine and operational situations. This is critical in assisting with the identification of friendly versus enemy forces and helps prevent fratricide or "blue-on-blue" incidents.
