The Importance of Multi-Orbit, Multi-Band COMSATCOM for the DoD
In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we sat down with Bill Milroy, the CTO and Co-Founder of ThinKom, to... Read More
Industry Demonstrations Show Multi-Orbit, Multi-Band Satellite Comms Within Reach for the U.S. Military
Earlier this month, SES, Hughes, and ThinKom announced that the three companies successfully demonstrated multi-orbit satellite communications capabilities for airborne missions. Leveraging... 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
Starting the Countdown to O3b mPOWER
Later this week, the first two of the eleven satellites that will eventually comprise the SES O3b mPOWER satellite constellation will launch... Read More
What the SES acquisition of DRS GES means for the satellite industry
Earlier this month, SES announced that it had closed its acquisition of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) from Leonardo DRS, a deal... 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
tactiXs – supplementing military X-band with a flexible managed service
SES Space and Defense, Network Innovations, and GovSat, a public-private joint venture between the Government of Luxembourg and SES, recently announced that... Read More
Steve Kitay of Microsoft Azure Space on the increasing integration between space and the cloud
In our last article on the Government Satellite Report, we sat down with Steve Kitay, the Senior Director of Azure Space at... 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
