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Ericsson to provide WCDMA system for U.S. Navy MUOS program

March 17, 2005

Ericsson has signed an agreement with General Dynamics to supply WCDMA wireless equipment and telecom services in support of the U.S. Navy contract awarded to Lockheed Martin to build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The multi-year agreement could be worth as much as USD 200 million to Ericsson.

MUOS is the U.S. Department of Defense's next-generation narrowband satellite communications system that will provide simultaneous voice, video and data communication for U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps troops. Ericsson will supply WCDMA wireless equipment through a subcontract with General Dynamics C4 Systems, which is responsible for the ground segment communications on the MUOS program. In addition, Ericsson will provide telecommunications services to support network deployment and integration, program management and software development activities.

Ericsson has supplied WCDMA systems to 35 of the 56 operators who have launched commercial WCDMA services.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif. is the prime contractor and systems integrator for the MUOS program and is currently under contract to build the first two satellites and associated ground control elements for its customer, the U.S. Navy. The Navy's PEO for Space Systems, Chantilly, Va., and its Communications Satellite Program Office, San Diego, Calif., are responsible for the MUOS program.

"The U.S. Department of Defense has a requirement for secure, high-speed, highly reliable networks," Ericsson Inc. President and CEO Angel Ruiz said. "We are committed to working with General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin to successfully apply our state of the art commercial mobile technology to help meet this requirement. Because it is based on a global wireless 3G standard, WCDMA technology will provide the Department of Defense the security and flexibility necessary for implementation into its global information defense grid. This is a break-through for commercial telecom in the defense market."