KVH Wins $42 Million U.S. Coast Guard Contract

The U.S. Coast Guard today selected KVH Industries, Inc.

to supply the next-generation satellite communications solution for its small cutter fleet. The winner of a full and open competitive procurement process, KVH's TracPhone® V7 satellite communication system and the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service becomes the U.S. Coast Guard's Small Cutter Connectivity (

) Ku Band System and Air Time Support Services solution. The U.S. Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) will deploy it over a 3- to 5-year period aboard as many as 216 small cutters representing 16 different cutter classes. The contract, encompassing the shipboard hardware, airtime services, and support, is a 10-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract valued at approximately $42 million. In conjunction with the contract award, KVH has also received the first task order from the U.S. Coast Guard to begin program implementation immediately. Supporting KVH in this multi-year effort will be network partner ViaSat, Inc.

and logistics partner Mackay Communications.