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Australian Warships to Receive Maritime SATCOM Terminals

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Thursday, January 15th, 2009

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The Australian Defence Ministry Tuesday said that the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has signed a $52.9 million contract with BAE Systems Australia for the joint supply of five maritime satellite communications terminals for two major ship programs. "The $52.9m deal is an extension to an existing contract which has already seen the successful delivery of 14 satellite terminals, on-time and on-budget," the Hon. Greg Combet MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, said in a statement. The maritime satellite communications terminals…

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