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Intelsat General announces new contract to provide satellite
services to RiteNet for Army Warfighter Network
MCLEAN, VA, November 17, 2016
– Intelsat General, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Intelsat (NYSE: I), operator
of the world’s first Globalized
Network, powered by its leading satellite
backbone, today announced a
new contract to provide satellite
connectivity to RiteNet Corp. to
support testing by the U.S. Army at
Ft. Bliss in El, Paso, TX, and at the
nearby White Sands Missile Range
in New Mexico.
The Army conducts a range of
testing using the Warfighter Information
Network (WIN-T) at these
two facilities, including two Network
Integration Evaluation (NIE)
events each year to evaluate new
technologies. Using Ku-band capacity
on an Intelsat satellite, RiteNet
will provide both ongoing and surge
capacity for the network. RiteNet,
based in Rockville, MD, provides
information technology and telecommunications
services to a number
of government and commercial
customers.
“The Warfighter Information Network
is the U.S. Army’s backbone in
terms of communications with its
troops in the field,” said Skot Butler,
President of Intelsat General Corporation.
“Our services will support
the Army as it tests new equipment
and technologies that will one day
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