Protecting and empowering – the role of U.S. Space Command
In the midst of the holiday season, on December 21, 2020, Brigadier General Brook Leonard of the U.S. Space Command joined the... Read More
Could MWR via satellite help solve military recruitment and retention challenges?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly difficult and trying on the American people. Despite some businesses, schools, and offices reopening, Americans... Read More
How the lessons learned from cloud migrations apply to COMSATCOM
Replacing older, aging technologies with the newer version of the same thing is easy. If a laptop gets old and its hardware... Read More
Air Force selects SES GS to power ABMS next-generation battlefield command and control system
The U.S. Air Force has awarded SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to compete for task orders under... Read More
Integrated military-commercial satellite architecture taking shape
Budgetary stability will go a long way toward realizing an integrated U.S. military satellite communications architecture that seamlessly blends government and commercial... Read More
How satellite can enable connectivity in the INDOPACOM AoR
One of the largest communications challenges facing the military involves connectivity for the deployed warfighter. That’s because, when soldiers are deployed in... Read More
Connecting INDOPACOM: Satellite Solutions Link Warfighters Afloat and on the Ground
Can’t listen right now? You can read a transcript of the conversation here. INDOPACOM covers a huge area of the globe, encompassing... Read More
Emergency alerts via satellite the only solution for disconnected rural areas
When we were children watching Saturday morning cartoons, there was nothing more annoying than a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS).... Read More
AFA Conference highlights an Air Force in transition
The Government Satellite Report staff had the opportunity to attend last week’s Air Force Association Air Space and Cyber Conference. As in... Read More
Does the government need a government-only commercial satellite? Experts from SES weigh in
Recently, SES and the Luxembourg Government jointly – through a separate entity LuxGovSat – launched their new satellite, GovSat-1. This new satellite... Read More
