MIL-SAT Communications chooses Cobham for US Navy satellite communications contract

Posted by Skyler Frink

CONCORD, Calif. Nov. 17, 2011. MIL-SAT Communications, a distributor of Cobham’s Sea Tel satellite terminal range, has selected the Sea Tel 2.4 meter 9797B marine stabilized satellite communication terminals to fulfill a recently-awarded US Navy contract. More than 2,000 similar Sea Tel products have been shipped to customers worldwide from Cobham Antenna Systems, in Concord.

The $11.9 million firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded to MIL-SAT by the US Navy requires a supply of Sea Tel antenna systems for the Force Training Assessment Department at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division. This contract’s value to Cobham is not being disclosed.

Sea Tel products will be assembled at and shipped from Concord, California to MIL-SAT in Surrey, Virginia, for final integration, and the work performed under this contract and is expected to be completed by September 2016.