History

Early focus on delivering communications systems and solutions

Pacific Star Communications, Inc, (PacStar) an Oregon-based corporation, was founded in 2000. PacStar’s early years focused on establishing engineering expertise, strong customer sales relationships, and a reputation for delivering cost-effective communications solutions. During that time, PacStar established:

• Strong vendor relationships with industry-leading IT, communications, and surveillance product manufacturers including Cisco, HP, Dell, SAIC, AT&T, and others.
• Partner relationships with major prime contractors including General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Dell, SAIC, and others.
• Direct sales relationships to all critical sectors of the military including the international and domestic divisions of the Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, and Coast Guard.
• A Government Services Administration (GSA) contract, for which PacStar routinely receives the highest performance rating.
• Growing recognition as a highly reliable, first-call resource for effective, multi-layered communications solutions in remote, dangerous, or challenging environments at the "edge" of established communications networks.

PacStar delivers: IQ-Core™ technologies provide breakthroughs for advanced, deployable communications

By 2004, PacStar recognized a need for a new, proprietary communications equipment product line based on the needs of strategic military and government customers. With significant input from customers, PacStar began active R&D on a breakthrough market innovation – combining sophisticated commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies with a single, comprehensive management software platform. Our advanced, patent-pending IQ-Core™ Technologies improve communication system reliability while reducing complexity.

With IQ-Core Technologies, high-speed broadband, IP-based voice, data, and video products are deployable into any infrastructure-starved environment. These technologies provide key differentiation for PacStar products as well as products created in strategic partnerships with other industry leaders.

PacStar deployable communications product line continues to expand

In early 2006, we introduced the PacStar 5500, the flagship product in our PacStar 5000 deployable network communications series of IQ-Core Technology-enabled communications systems. In 2007, we extended our product family with the PacStar 3000 mobile communications series of deployable, field-ruggedized communications nodes, beginning with the PacStar 3500, which top FEMA decision makers called the “lightest, fastest mobile communications unit we have ever seen.” We later extended the PacStar 3000 series with the PacStar 3400. Our PacStar 2000 field communications series includes standalone and networked modules designed to meet specific customer requirements. We continue to address customer needs with ongoing new-product development in each series.

PacStar today

Today, PacStar operates eight sales offices covering four continents. Our Portland, Oregon headquarters include administrative and executive offices, warehouse and production facilities, an integration lab, and a training center. PacStar offers in-house expertise in project management, systems integration and configuration, electronics and embedded systems, mechanical engineering, internal and external client training, quality control and testing, and software architecture.

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