Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) of Re-ston, Va., signed a three-year contract May 15 with Sprint Nextel Corp. of Overland Park, Kan., to provide mobile satellite communications links for a U.S. government emergency response service, a May 20 MSV press release said. MSV is a subcontractor to Sprint Nextel on the Satellite Priority Service, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security program designed to provide emergency communications to federal, state and local emergency responders. Sprint Nextel is a subcontractor to prime contractor Computer Sciences Corp. of Falls Church, Va. MSV will provide the service via two L-band geostationary satellites covering North America, and related ground hardware and terminals. Installation of the service has now begun in 65 locations around the United States. MSV spokesman Tom Surface declined to disclose the value of the contract.
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