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L3Harris Wins $88 Million U.S. Marine Corps VSAT Contract

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

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L3Harris Wins $88 Million U.S. Marine Corps VSAT Contract

L3Harris Panther II terminal. Photo: L3Harris

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] an $88 million program award for Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT). Under the firm-fixed-price, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, L3Harris will supply up to 169 Panther II terminals. Jerry Adams, general manager of VSAT for L3Harris, told sister publication Via Satellite that the Panther II terminal that L3Harris will be supplying is the smallest physical terminal in use by the Marines. It can be carried as a manpack and set up by an individual Marine within…

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