DoD doubles down on MEO satellite to meet critical connectivity requirements
As IT modernization and digital transformation initiatives continue to introduce new, mission-critical military applications to the tactical edge, and as the Department... Read More
SKALA – how satellite managed services could deliver seamless emergency response connectivity
Today’s government needs satellite for its operations more than at any other point in history. As network-enabled solutions have increasingly made their... Read More
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
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
SES and Kythera Look to Increase Satellite Agility and Automation with Adaptive Resource Control
In September of 2019, SES announced that it would be working in collaboration with Kythera Space Solutions, a provider of dynamic management... Read More
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
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
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 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
Satellites will soon demolish the digital divide
With a new ecosystem of exciting, innovative and potentially disruptive technologies – from Artificial Intelligence to Virtual Reality to the IoT –... Read More
