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BETHESDA, MD , March 23, 2005 - The US Department of Interior has awarded a contract to Infosat Communications to establish an automatic tracking system for aircrafts using the Iridium satellite network for air-to-ground data links.Currently, 28 aircrafts are being equipped with satellite data terminals compatible with the U.S. Forest Service & Department of the Interior’s web based tracking system to provide automatic inflight tracking of the aircraft using Iridium’s short-burst data (SBD) service. The system will provide for automatic recording of routes and mileage for Government owned and operated aircrafts within the State of Alaska.“The Iridium short-burst data service is ideal for this sort of application,” said Mukhtar Rahemtulla, Infosat senior vice president and general manager. “Through the use of Iridium’s short burst data and Latitude Technologies’, Skynode Tracker unit, the US government will realize significant cost savings in communication. The cost per position report on the Iridium-based system is less than 5 cents per transaction.”

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