NEW HARTFORD — Rome Research Corporation, a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation, was awarded a $6.8 million contract by the Navy to provide Teleport Commercial Satellite Terminal services at the Global Information Grid facility in Lago Patria, Italy.

RRC operates similar facilities for the Navy at Chesapeake, Va., and for the Army in Landstuhl, Germany, and at Camp Roberts in California.

"We are pleased that the Navy has selected Rome Research Corporation once again to support their I/T communications mission in Lago Patria, Italy. PAR’s expertise and knowledge in operating teleport systems at this and other locations, as well as its ability to provide experienced personnel at the lowest cost, were key factors in the award decision," Steve Lynch, president of PAR’s government operations, said. "We look forward to continuing to support the Navy’s communications mission at Lago Patria."

The GIG is the global network of information capabilities, processes and personnel for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating and managing information on demand for use by military commanders, policy makers and support personnel.

The grid supports Department of Defense, national security and related intelligence community missions and functions, strategic, operational, tactical and business, in war and in peace.

The GIG provides capabilities to operating locations that include bases, posts, camps, stations, facilities, mobile platforms and deployed sites. It also provides interfaces to coalition, allied and non-Department of Defense users and systems.