DOD inks contract to lease newly bought Iridium satellites

The Dept. of Defense yesterday signed a two-year, $3 million-per-month service contract with Iridium Satellite LLC, a group of venture capitalists buying the bankrupt Motorola-backed communications satellite system, to provide secure mobile telephone communications in remote locations throughout the...

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