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SkyPort Participating in Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID)
June 13, 2008 – HOUSTON, TEXAS – SkyPort Global Communications is pleased to announce its participation in the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID), June 9th – 19th at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA and the Kelly Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany.
CWID is a Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed annual event that engages cutting-edge information technology focused on criteria defined by combatant commanders. Technologies are approved for participation because they address a new information sharing capability or might improve an existing capability in support of articulated demonstration objectives. Information sharing technologies leverage decision-making and operational flexibility on the battlefield and during crisis response on the home front.
The demonstration evaluates technologies and capabilities for exchanging information among coalition partners, military services, government agencies, first responders and U.S. combatant commanders, especially this year's host, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM).
SkyPort Global will be demonstrating how military and government agencies can leverage the global commercial X-band communications network for domestic training, disaster relief and for directly supporting the Warfighter. Using current Ku and/or C-band, SkyPort Global will illustrate their capability in bridging currently deployed fixed and CoTM network services to X-band networks through their secure teleport located in Houston, TX.
“SkyPort is committed to the security of US and Coalition forces. Through our X-band capabilities we can extend networks securely, reliably and cost efficiently to all fifty States or to the GWOT front lines,” stated Michael Polmar, Vice President of Sales for SkyPort Global. “We are honored to be a part of the CWID.”
About SkyPort Global Communications, Inc.
SkyPort is a global communications carrier providing managed, secure, broadband satellite and terrestrial communication services. The company’s discriminating clients rely on it to provide end-to-end voice, video, and data solutions, that are fast and designed to be 99.999% reliable. Customers in sectors such as Energy, Military, Government, Enterprise, and others, depend on SkyPort’s carrier class solutions for their critical communications.
SkyPort was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Houston, TX. With its global network, engineering expertise, and owned infrastructure at the highly secure Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, SkyPort continues to exceed the security and reliability standards of its growing list of clients.
SkyPort was honored by the World Teleport Association as the fastest-growing teleport operator in 2006; and received the National Guard’s Minuteman award in 2005 for outstanding disaster support during Hurricane Katrina.
SkyPort Global Communications, Inc.
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