A New Game Plan Pavs Dividends

摘要

When Arrowhead Global Solutions was acquired by CapRock Communications of Houston in February 2007, Arrowhead gained access to a ground infrastructure it could incorporate into the communications solutions it offers the U.S. government. The gamble has paid off so far, with both companies seeing double-digit percentage growths in revenue for 2008 and expanding the services they offer. CapRock Communications provides companies in the oil, gas and maritime industries with satellite and terrestrial communications in remote areas of the world. Fairfax, Va.-based Arrowhead is one of the three small businesses included in the Defense Satellite Transmission Services Global (DSTS-G) contract, which since 2001 has been the Pentagon's primary vehicle for buying commercial satellite communications capacity. Arrowhead used to engineer communications solutions with a hodgepodge of other companies' components. Today it can leverage the teleports, terminals and other ground hardware owned by its parent company, according to Arrowhead President Tom Eaton.