UltiSat, a provider of managed satellite network services, said it has won a contract from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to provide satellite bandwidth in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, and Afghanistan. UltiSat is one of four parties to benefit from the FMV Agreement for Satellite Capacity over ITU-R Region 1 from 2017 to 2020.

Under the agreement, UltiSat will provide C-band and Ku-band satellite capacity to enable IP connectivity for forward-deployed Swedish Armed Forces troops. UltiSat use its global network and service infrastructure, Secure Network Operations Center (SNOC), and its engineering and technical operations expertise.