The Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team was awarded one of two industry contracts earlier this year to enter the Risk Reduction and System Definition phase of TSAT.

Under a co-development agreement, Caspian and Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector will jointly develop a space-hardened Internet Protocol (IP) router design for the TSAT mission.

TSAT will provide warfighters with significantly improved beyond-line-of-sight, protected access to the Global Information Grid (GIG), a secure global broadband network for the U.S. government.

The system will support the future battlefield by eliminating bandwidth as an operating constraint, providing networked access for emerging high data-rate applications such as unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance and for highly mobile and dynamic forces. TSAT is a crucial element of network-centric warfare and horizontal integration.

"Northrop Grumman Space Technology selected Caspian Networks as our co-development partner from a broad field of commercial router companies to leverage its innovative technologies and leading capabilities in IP Quality of Service," said Stuart Linsky, Northrop Grumman's Program Manager for Transformational Communications.

"We expect Caspian Networks to be a valuable partner in our TSAT effort and in future initiatives as well."

"Defense-related customers consistently tell us that aging best-effort IP networks aren't sufficient for the new needs of distributed warfighters and intelligence professionals," said Brad Wurtz, president and chief executive officer of Caspian Networks.

"With our equipment and technology, Northrop Grumman can build IP networks with new levels of performance and help its customers meet their various objectives in new ways."

The results contained in this submission were generated in whole, or in part, through work supporting the MILSATCOM Joint Program Office (MJPO).

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