[Satellite TODAY 09-28-10] Globecomm Systems has been awarded $4 million in contracts from unnamed U.S. government agencies to supply its network management software product, AxxSys Orion, and associated engineering support services, Globecomm announced Sept. 28.
    The service will support global operations of several large entry Earth stations as well as numerous smaller fixed and portable satellite systems. AxxSys Orion’s distributed architecture aims to allow government personnel to manage each terminal asset from their desktop and reducing ongoing maintenance and support costs.
    “Globecomm continues to invest [research and development] resources into the AxxSys Orion product in order to expand the boundaries of network management with regards to features and performance. These new orders demonstrate our commitment to provide our core customer base with a true global enterprise solution that is easy to use, robust, highly scalable and extremely reliable,” Globecomm Vice President of IT Scott Herschander said in a statement.