New Agreement with SES Space & Defense Will Deliver Secure X-Band Satellite Communications to the DoD
SES Space & Defense has been awarded a five-year X-Band Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with an estimated value of USD 134 million... Read More
SPACECOM’s Gen. Dickinson examines the path to U.S. space superiority
Last November, Gen. James H. Dickinson, Commander of the U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) joined the Mitchell Institute for a special Schriever Spacepower... Read More
SES’ government arm changes name and announces new ICT Portal
Last week, SES Government Solutions made two major announcements: that it will begin operating under the new name SES Space & Defense... Read More
Will the U.S. military shift away from WGS satellite in favor of NGSO solutions?
In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we featured part one of our two-part interview with Jon Bennett, Vice President... Read More
Commercial X-Band Managed Services the Key to On-Demand Resilient Comms
At a recent Mitchell Spaceflight Institute Spacepower Forum, the Chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force, Gen. John W. “Jay”... Read More
Gen. Raymond: Leveraging commercial industry would deliver space superiority
“Accelerate change, or lose.” That was the unofficial mantra of this year’s AFA Warfare Symposium, harkening back to a 2020 strategic memorandum... Read More
Leonardo DRS Announces Sale of Global SATCOM Business to SES
Leonardo DRS Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) business to SES for $450 million. The... Read More
OQ Technology discusses the role of satellite in government IoT initiatives
The digital transformation and modernization efforts that we’re seeing across the government and military involve the adoption of more than just one... Read More
Recent testing by Hughes and SES shows switching signals between GEO, MEO, and LEO satellites no longer science fiction
In September of 2021, SES and Hughes announced that they had successfully utilized the Hughes Resource Management System to seamlessly switch signals... Read More
Steve Kitay of Microsoft Azure Space explains why the path to the cloud passes through space
The past decade has witnessed a massive change in the role and importance of technology, applications, and network-enabled devices in the government.... Read More
