NEW HARTFORD — The U.S. Navy awarded Rome Research Corp. (RRC), a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp. (PAR), a $6.8 million contract to provide teleport commercial satellite terminal services at the global information grid (GIG) facility in Lago Patria, Italy.
RRC operates similar facilities for the Navy at Chesapeake, Va. and for the Army in Landstuhl, Germany, and Camp Roberts in California.
The GIG is the global network of information capabilities, processes, and personnel for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, and managing information on demand for use by military commanders, policy makers, and support personnel. The grid supports the Department of Defense (DoD), national security, and related intelligence-community missions and functions. The GIG provides capabilities to operating locations that include bases, posts, camps, stations, facilities, mobile platforms, and deployed sites.
“We are pleased that the Navy has selected Rome Research Corporation once again to support their IT communications mission in Lago Patria, Italy,” Steve Lynch, president of PAR’s government operations, said in a news release.
Headquartered in Rome, Rome Research Corp. (www.romeresearch.com) is a telecommunications and information-technology services company that provides on-site support to the DoD and other federal-government agencies.
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