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October 31, 2013

U.S. Department of Defense Awards Iridium Contract for Iridium Airtime Services
McLean VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2013
Iridium Communications has been awarded a $400 million, multi-year, fixed-price contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide satellite airtime services to meet the communications needs of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and their federal partners. This five-year contract renews the provision for delivering Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) airtime effective October 22. Iridium will provide unlimited global secure and unsecure voice, low and high-speed data, p ... read more

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