[FPSPACE] DoD Ponies Up For Iridium

[Simon Mansfield]

DoD Ponies Up For Iridium
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/iridium-00g.html

Washington - Dec 6, 2000 - The Department of Defense, through its Defense 
Information Systems Agency, last night awarded Iridium Satellite LLC of 
Arnold, Md., a $72 million contract for 24 months of satellite 
communications services. This contract would provide unlimited airtime for 
20,000 government users over the Iridium satellite network.