NewSat to supply comms for US troops

Satellite telecommunications provider NewSat has secured four contracts with the US military to provide communication services to troops in southern Afghanistan.

The company said in a statement released today that the four contracts are worth between $1.4 million and $2.4 million for NewSat.

November was a big month for the company, with NewSat chief financial officer Adam Shapiro also saying that the company had secured $600,000 in contracts with resources companies Gorgon and Liquefied Natural Gas.

"During the current financial year, the business has won over 100 new contracts totalling to over $5 million," Shapiro said in a statement.

Shapiro said that some of the other contracts won this financial year were with Amstar Communications, the Australian Defence Force, Barrick Gold and Nixon Communications.

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