[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Arrowhead Global Solutions, the government services division of CapRock Communications, has launched a managed network services based on commercial X-band satellites, Arrowhead announced Dec. 5.
    To operate the service, which is targeted at the military and intelligence community, Arrowhead is making investments in X-band teleport infrastructure and satellite capacity, including signing a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Xtar LLC for X-band capacity on the Xtar-Eur and Xtar-Lant satellites.
    Arrowhead also will provide a variety of remote site equipment packages in fixed and rapid deployment configurations, field services, teleport services and terrestrial interconnects to public, private and government network gateways. The first master earth station is in development at a teleport in Europe and will be online and available for service early in the first quarter of 2009.
Arrowhead’s commercial X-band satellite services will be made available through multiple contract vehicles including the company’s GSA Schedule and through the DISN Satellite Transmission Services-Global contract, for which Arrowhead has been a prime contractor since 2001. The service will provide coverage over key regions including Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Southwest Asia.