Don’t call it a comeback – hosted payloads have been here for years
A little less than a year ago, Space News’ Debra Werner took a detailed look at hosted payloads in an article entitled,... Read More
Resiliency, redundancy and partnerships to protect global commons of space
The space domain is not something the average citizen thinks about regularly. Apart from rocket launches, the idea of space is mostly... Read More
Non-geostationary satellites figure into Army network modernization plans
The U.S. Army is eying low-latency communication services from non-geostationary satellite systems for the next phase of the network modernization program, a... Read More
“Comms On the Move” via satellite allows ubiquitously empowered warfighters
Ensuring definitive strategic advantages against adversaries is a continual military challenge, especially in rapidly changing environments. Today, many of the platforms and... Read More
Connectivity in the cold – SATCOM for Arctic Circle operations
America’s military is facing more advanced threats – near-peer adversaries – in China and Russia. This has forced them to not only... Read More
More Terminal Options Reduce Barriers into Military SATCOM Frequencies
When I first started working with military SATCOM frequencies back in the 1990s, one major problem was that ground terminals were expensive. ... Read More
Space Force to centralize commercial satellite procurement
The U.S. Space Force is overhauling the way it procures commercial satellite communications services, replacing the current fragmented system with an aggregated... Read More
Space Force unveils vision for integrated SATCOM architecture
Centralized management and interoperability, achieved in part via flexible user terminals, are among the keys to delivering satellite communications (SATCOM) capabilities efficiently... Read More
Three future satellite capabilities emerge at Schriever War Games
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Schriever War Games in Rhode Island. This annual event, is a multi-month (almost... Read More
