Connectivity in the cold – providing communications to Thule Air Base
Late last month, SES Government Solutions (SES GS) announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to... Read More
EM&C – opening the door to an integrated satellite architecture for the military
Rapidly growing information requirements and the increasing unpredictability of the location, nature, and types of conflicts make satellite communications systems more important... Read More
How bureaucratic policy is enabling U.S. adversaries to outpace the Air Force
On July 20, 2021, Heather Penney, Senior Resident Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, joined the Mitchell Institute for a... Read More
Fighting with the gloves off – what mPOWER means to the Army
In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we sat down with Robert “Rigs” Rigsby of SES Government Solutions to discuss... Read More
Latency – the Army’s largest adversary when embracing advanced technologies
The United States Army is one of the most capable, well-trained, and well-equipped fighting forces on the planet. But that hasn’t kept... Read More
The turning tide of government and commercial satellite industry relations – a Q&A with Allan Ballenger
The history and relationship between the government and commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) providers is long, storied and interesting. The government was originally... Read More
Overcoming the distance challenges of the INDOPACOM AoR with SATCOM
Each of the United States military’s ten combatant commands, and the domains and missions that they are responsible for, have their own... Read More
What is mPOWER and when can we expect it? – a Q&A with Mike Blefko
In September of 2017, SES, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced that they’d be ushering in a, “new era in... Read More
News out of Global MilSatCom shows shifts in military satellite strategies
This week, the satellite industry and global government decision makers came together for the largest military satellite conference in Europe – the... Read More
