[09-25-07 – Satellite Today]  General Dynamics Satcom Technologies has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide satellite communications terminals and support services for the Joint Network Node-Network (JNN-N) program, the company announced Sept. 24.

Under a $24 million contract from Army Communications-Electronics Command, General Dynamics will provide 33 satellite transportable terminals and two unit hub satcom trucks as well as Ka-band upgrade kits, training and logistics services. The next-generation terminals can be configured to operate over Ku- or Ka-band frequencies and are interoperable with previously fielded JNN-N units.

If all options are exercised, General Dynamics would provide 1,233 terminals and 44 trucks and the contract would have a value of $721 million.

The JNN-N program is known as Increment One of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), which builds on the former JNN-N and will be used by soldiers in the field to access communications services using an enhanced Internet Protocol-based satellite communications network.

This award was made through the U.S. Army’s World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract.