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STRATOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.. SGSI is a separate subsidiary of Stratos Wireless dedicated to the United States Government Customers (DoD, Federal, State and Local)Largest Inmarsat Service Provider with roughly 46% market shareEstablished in response to DoD growing reliance on commercial satellites and requirement for
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1. DoD COMMERCIAL SATCOM USERS WORKSHOPCOMMS ON THE MOVE13 NOVEMBER 2006
3. STRATOS IS THE PRIMARY U.S. GOVERNMENT INMARSAT LESO STRATOS provides the U.S. Navy and SPAWAR INMARSAT B lease service for up to 200 channels of both 64 Kbps and now enhanced service of 128 Kbps.
STRATOS has exclusive sub-contracts to provide DITCO service for the 10 year term. STRATOS has fully supported all awardees and DISA according to our agreement and works closely with:
AOS
ADCI
Arrowhead
GCS
OGara
4. STRATOS IS THE PRIMARY U.S. GOVERNMENT PROVIDER STRATOS is the primary provider to Military Sealift Command and the U.S. Coast Guard for
Inmarsat Demand Assigned Services
128K lease services
Dynamic lease capability up to 256K (BEST) to MSC
GSA Contract in place for Inmarsat and VSAT services supporting:
FEMA
State Department
Other Federal Agencies
DoD (with approved DISA waivers)
5. WORLDWIDE NETWORK
6. Defense Requirements Worldwide coverage
High mobility
Comms on the Move (COTM)
All-weather solutions
Support Maneuver Warfare
Everything Over IP (EOIP)/IPv6
Terminals
Space segment
Network
Multi-cast/Netted communications
Information Assurance
Reliability
Encryption
Prioritization
Network access and protection
Easy-to-use system
Capacity and higher data rates
Interoperable coalition comms
Cost-effective solutions
7. Communications on the Move (COTM) Advantages of L-band over Ku-band:
Not affected by rain or dust attenuation
No Co-site interference
Easier set-up
Beam pointing accuracy tolerance
L-band
Widebeam for steering accuracy (12 degree beam)
Ku-band
Narrowbeam for steering accuracy (<1 degree beam)
Land Vehicular Antenna Cost
L-band
Less expensive antenna (< $20K)
Ku-band
More expensive antenna ($200K - $500K)
Inmarsat working with terminal vendors on antenna suite configurations and type certification
Inmarsat engineers meeting with VIASAT to ensure compatibility.Inmarsat engineers meeting with VIASAT to ensure compatibility.