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US Army Awards Nearly $20 Million Contract Extension to Wavestream to Sustain Anytime, Anywhere Satellite Connectivity

Wavestream to provide additional 50W Ka-band BUCs for long-term sustainment of thousands of mobile Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs)

San Dimas, California, December 4, 2023 — Wavestream, a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of next-generation, high-power solid-state amplifiers, announced today that the United States Army awarded a nearly $20 million contract to Wavestream, for the continuation of a program to sustain anytime, anywhere satellite connectivity.

Wavestream’s Solid State Amplifier (SSPA), ruggedized to withstand the harshest environments, enables the Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) used in this program to deliver a “Communications-on-the-Pause” solution across diverse climates and conditions around the globe.

“With more than a decade and a half of field proven performance, the Wavestream 50W Ka SSPA continues to satisfy the Army’s need for dependable satellite communications in support of our warfighters operating in harsh and hostile environments around the world,” said Bob Huffman, Wavestream’s General Manager. “Over the years, we’ve deployed thousands of BUCs to the military and we take great pride in providing proven technology that’s fielded for mission-critical telecommunications.”

About Wavestream

Wavestream, is the industry leader in the design and manufacture of next generation satellite communications high power transceivers for In-Flight Connectivity, Ground Mobility and Gateway markets. Since 2001, we provide system integrators with field-proven, high performance Ka, Ku and X-band Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs), Block Upconverters (BUCs), Block Down Converters and Transceivers. We design, manufacture and repair our products in-house and have delivered over 40,000 systems in the past 15 years. Wavestream products provide high quality and reliability under the harshest environmental conditions and we are currently certified to ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100D standards. For further details please visit www.wavestream.com 

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US Army Awards Nearly $20 Million Contract Extension to Wavestream to Sustain Anytime, Anywhere Satellite Connectivity