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When it comes to military space and satellite capabilities, resiliency has become the primary focus and concern. Today’s military knows the tactical and technological edge...

Official Space Force launch reflects space’s status as warfighting domain

30 Jan 2020

History was made at the end of December when President Donald Trump signed the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which officially established the United...

Satellite solution from SES GS, Artel and Leidos to connect Antarctica’s Palmer Station

23 Jan 2020

At a time when scientists are working overtime to analyze and understand the impacts of climate change on our planet, it is essential that they...

Satellites will soon demolish the digital divide

17 Jan 2020

Jon Bennett

With a new ecosystem of exciting, innovative and potentially disruptive technologies – from Artificial Intelligence to Virtual Reality to the IoT – poised to fundamentally...

Following DoD lead, NASA to outsource satellite communications requirements

09 Jan 2020

Warren Ferster

After 35 years of operating its own fleet of data relay satellites, NASA is opting out of the business, moving ahead with plans to outsource...

Making the case for commercial X-band satellite service

18 Dec 2019

It’s amazing how many people still look at me sideways when I tell them they can buy X-band or military Ka-band satellite service on the...

PODCAST: The advanced technologies connecting emergency response efforts

12 Dec 2019

Whether we’re talking about wildfires like these or massive, 100-year hurricanes, large emergencies and natural disasters are devastating for the people and governments that are...

U.S. Army modernization requires next-generation satellite technology

22 Nov 2019

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The network increasingly underlies all aspects of the modern battlespace. Whether it’s because strategic concerns require forces to be more distributed or the increasing complexity...

DoDIIS Highlights Why High Bandwidth Satellite Can Help the Intelligence Community

06 Nov 2019

Bill Reiner

The imperatives of the national security enterprise increasingly demand more and more secure, low latency bandwidth, not only in the homeland and where terrestrial fiber...

AFA Conference makes it clear – integrated satellite architecture essential for multi-domain ops

03 Oct 2019

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The vignette presented by Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David Goldfein at the recent Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference...

Integrated military-commercial satellite architecture taking shape

26 Sep 2019

Warren Ferster

Budgetary stability will go a long way toward realizing an integrated U.S. military satellite communications architecture that seamlessly blends government and commercial capabilities, according to...

How satellite can enable connectivity in the INDOPACOM AoR

13 Sep 2019

One of the largest communications challenges facing the military involves connectivity for the deployed warfighter. That’s because, when soldiers are deployed in theater, they’re most...

MILSATCOM and COMSATCOM – why they’re better together

30 Aug 2019

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In my previous post on the Government Satellite Report I talked about the benefits the government can realize from embracing commercial solutions. I also addressed...

Collaboration and partnership key to commercial satellite in the military

21 Aug 2019