[dtn-interest] Air Force Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT)

["Bernard Peacock" <[e-mail]>]

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Caspian Networks Signs Co-Development Agreement with Northrop Grumman


San Jose, CA - January 11, 2005 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:
NOC) has signed a multi-year contract with Caspian Networks for joint
development of a critical element of the space communications system
payload for the Air Force's Transformational Satellite Communications
System (TSAT) Space Segment. 

The Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team was awarded one of two
industry contracts earlier this year to enter the Risk Reduction and
System Definition phase of TSAT. Under a co-development agreement,
Caspian and Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector will jointly
develop a space-hardened Internet Protocol (IP) router design for the
TSAT mission.  

TSAT will provide warfighters with significantly improved
beyond-line-of-sight, protected access to the Global Information Grid
(GIG), a secure global broadband network for the U.S. government. The
system will support the future battlefield by eliminating bandwidth as
an operating constraint, providing networked access for emerging high
data-rate applications such as unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance and
for highly mobile and dynamic forces. TSAT is a crucial element of
network-centric warfare and horizontal integration.

"Northrop Grumman Space Technology selected Caspian Networks as our
co-development partner from a broad field of commercial router companies
to leverage its innovative technologies and leading capabilities in IP
Quality of Service," said Stuart Linsky, Northrop Grumman's Program
Manager for Transformational Communications.  "We expect Caspian
Networks to be a valuable partner in our TSAT effort and in future
initiatives as well."

"Defense-related customers consistently tell us that aging best-effort
IP networks aren't sufficient for the new needs of distributed
warfighters and intelligence professionals," said Brad Wurtz, president
and chief executive officer of Caspian Networks. "With our equipment and
technology, Northrop Grumman can build IP networks with new levels of
performance and help its customers meet their various objectives in new
ways."

The results contained in this submission were generated in whole, or in
part, through work supporting the MILSATCOM Joint Program Office (MJPO).

About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company headquartered
in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides technologically
advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in systems
integration, defense electronics, information technology, advanced
aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With 120,000 employees, and
operations in all 50 U.S. states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman
serves U.S. and international military, government and commercial
customers.

About Caspian Networks
Caspian Networks develops high performance flow-state IP QoS systems
that revolutionize the economics of service delivery for network service
providers. The company is based in San Jose, California with offices in
North Carolina, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea and China. For more
information, visit Caspian Networks' web site at www.caspian.com
<http://www.caspian.com/> .