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Windmill International, Inc., Global Broadcast Service Suitcase Portable Receive Suite is Approved by U.S. Government for Production

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 11:32 CDT

NASHUA, N.H., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Windmill International, Inc. is pleased to announce that its Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Suitcase Portable Receive Suite (SPRS) has completed U.S. government testing.

Designed and developed as the AN/PRS-11 SPRS by Windmill's Tactical SATCOM Systems Group, the system is now production-ready. The AN/PRS-11 SPRS is a compact, lightweight Ka-band satellite terminal that is designed for single-person transport and easy set up to enable access to GBS at the tactical edge. It has been verified to withstand a variety of adverse environmental conditions, including high humidity, blowing sand, rain, and extreme heat/cold. The SPRS has passed all MIL-STD-810F requirements.

The SPRS has GBS broadcast reception capability -- at up to 29.5Mb/sec -- from UHF Follow-On (UFO) and Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) transponders. The SPRS includes High-Assurance IP Encryption (HAIPE) to support a single security enclave from Secret up to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) classification. Satellite acquisition time is less than 5 minutes and the SPRS operates continuously for over 4 hours on a single battery. This truly portable unit weighs just 32 pounds in tactical carry mode. Accessible GBS products include unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) video and imagery; weather, terrain, geospatial and mapping information; Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) imagery; streaming video, web content replication and other large files.

About Windmill International, Inc. -- Windmill is a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire. Founded in 1988, the company has grown continuously and built an excellent reputation with its customers as a highly efficient and skilled solutions-provider. Windmill's diverse portfolio of capabilities includes: government acquisition and program management, configuration and data management services, logistics support services, systems test and support engineering, international sales and security assistance, technology innovation and software development. Windmill provides solutions to a wide variety of customers around the world. Windmill became an employee owned company in 2005 with the establishment of an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). This dynamic initiative ensures the longevity of the company while maintaining focus on customer service and quality and rewarding membership for exceptional corporate performance. For more information about Windmill International Inc., please visit http://www.windmill-intl.com.

For more information on the Windmill International, Inc. Global Broadcast Service (GBS) AN/PRS-11 SPRS, please contact: Ms. Laura Dion Windmill International, Inc. Business Development +1.603.888.5502 ldion@windmill-intl.com

SOURCE Windmill International, Inc.

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