OpenSpace: Using Software, Not Hardware, To Reconfigure The Satellite Ground Segment For A 5G World
Diversifying space architectures and the need for interoperability is driving a shift to dynamic, flexible, software-based infrastructure.
Barry Rosenberg is an expert journalist in defense cybersecurity and information technology issues. He is former editor of the trade magazine C4ISRNET, which he helped relaunch in 2013. Before that he was editor of Defense Systems at 1105 Media, focusing on IT and C4ISR topics. He recently worked in key content roles at information technology firms SILA, which specializes in blockchain technologies and cyber security, and Trace Systems. Earlier in his career he was founding editor of Aviation Week’s Overhaul & Maintenance magazine, editor of Defense News’ show daily and managing editor of Aviation Week’s Show News. Rosenberg is a Philadelphia native, an avid writer and co-author of "Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U.S. Air Mail".
Diversifying space architectures and the need for interoperability is driving a shift to dynamic, flexible, software-based infrastructure.
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