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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

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

Philip Harlow

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

Philip Harlow

Commercial companies – from technology solution providers to commercial satellite operators – have been advising the government and the military to embrace their solutions for...

Connecting INDOPACOM: Satellite Solutions Link Warfighters Afloat and on the Ground

16 Aug 2019

Peter Jacobs

Can’t listen right now? You can read a transcript of the conversation here. INDOPACOM covers a huge area of the globe, encompassing 36 countries and...

O3b mPOWER for manned transports – wideband for widebody transport aircraft

07 Aug 2019

In a previous article on the Government Satellite Report, we talked with two members of the SES Government Solutions team, Eric Gunzelman and Mike Blefko,...

O3b mPOWER for UAVs – why a new generation of satellite is necessary for unmanned aircraft

01 Aug 2019

In 2021 SES will be launching its next-generation MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) satellite system called O3b mPOWER – a powerful, flexible, and scalable satellite-based system...

Welcome to the satellite renaissance

25 Jul 2019

Jon Bennett

Over the course of the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to attend a number of government, military and satellite-focused conferences where military decision...

Emergency alerts via satellite the only solution for disconnected rural areas

18 Jul 2019

G RamosCarr

When we were children watching Saturday morning cartoons, there was nothing more annoying than a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS). The colored panels...

Government, industry officials cite diversity as key to resiliency at Milsatcom USA Conference

10 Jul 2019

Warren Ferster

Access to satellites operating in different orbits and bandwidths will help keep the U.S. military connected in an increasingly contested environment where information can be...

Satellite industry essential to winning next Space Race

03 Jul 2019