PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) today announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded its subsidiary, Rome Research Corporation (RRC), a five-year $15.2 million contract to provide uninterrupted operations and maintenance (O&M) support at the Global Information Grid (GIG) facility in Lago Patria and Sicily, Italy. RRC is a leading provider of large satellite gateway O&M services providing interconnectivity to all facets of the Department of Defense (DoD) and has supported the Lago Patria facility since 2005.

The Naval Satellite Communications Facility - Lago Patria is a premier DoD satellite gateway site supporting a global network of information capabilities, processes and personnel. The facility supports collecting, processing, storing, disseminating and managing information on demand for use by military commanders, policy makers and support personnel. The facility supports wartime and peacetime strategic, operational, tactical and business functions spanning U.S. DoD, national security and related intelligence community missions. Additionally, it provides interfaces to coalition, allied and non-DoD users and systems around the globe.

At Lago Patria and other locations, RRC’s technical staff support commercial and military satellite communications (SATCOM) systems. For this project, RRC will apply its deep expertise of multi-band systems operating from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. RRC will be performing O&M duties on various baseband equipment and terrestrial transport systems in service of deployed tactical and strategic users. RRC’s expertise includes mission planning, activation, engineering and installation of low-level circuitry and includes critical communications security (COMSEC) support.

Mike Nelson, President of Rome Research Corporation, stated “RRC is honored that the Navy continues to entrust us to support this critical mission. We are pleased to build upon our 16 years of on-site support to Lago Patria and Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Naples and extend our support of DoD large SATCOM Gateways. Our employees are passionate about what they do to support the warfighter and we are delighted to continue to partner with the U.S. Navy to deliver these services.”

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