DoD launching efforts to clean up messy SATCOM ground segment
"A lot of people when they think of space-based capabilities, they always forget the ground segment," Mike Dean, the Pentagon's top SATCOM official, said.
SWAC ponders acquisition strategy, limits of user terminals in future SATCOM plan
Asked by Breaking Defense when a final product might be available, SWAC official David Voss quipped, "Not fast enough from what we've been told."
The questions that warfighters ask the most are now answered with data analytics
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
Space Force Eyes Commercial P-LEO SATCOM
"If the Space Systems Command is going to acquire other commercial services in the same fashion that CSCO has been acquiring commercial SATCOM, then that will not serve the warfighter well," said Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat.
SPACECOM’s New Vision Targets ‘Space Superiority’
"We must have fully integrated offensive and defensive operations across all of our services, as well as our partners," says Army Gen. James Dickinson, SPACECOM commander.
Space Force To Focus SATCOM Management On JADC2 Needs: EXCLUSIVE
"The Joint Force depends upon SATCOM communication services as part of its JADC2 and Internet of Things," says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting technology innovation officer.
Gen. Raymond Targets Combat-Ready Space Force
"While we will extend and defend America’s competitive advantage in peacetime, the ultimate measure of our readiness is the ability to prevail should war initiate in, or extend to space," the new Chief of Space Operations (CSO) Planning Guidance says.
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Army ‘Leading The Way’ In Commercial SATCOM Buys
Major SATCOM providers -- such as Hughes (a subsidiary of SATCOM giant Echostar), Viasat, Intelsat, Inmarsat, SES and Eutelsat -- argue that this would not only ease problems with service gaps that have long plagued troops in the field, but also be cheaper and allow speedier integration of new technology.
Space Force Fears COVID Loss Of Commercial Startups: Gen. Thompson
"I'm not sure yet if we figured out a way to ensure part of that (commercial market) will survive," Gen. DT Thompson said.
Space Force Strategy Out In ‘Months’ In Time For Budget
"At the end of the day, anyone who's using satellite communications doesn't really care where that information comes from," Lt. Gen. William Liquori says.
Exclusive: Milley To OK New Unified Command Plan; Defines SPACECOM’s Roles
"They're cleaning up a bit of 'the who's in charge' of deciding which mode is a particular sensor going to be in on any given time of the day," one Pentagon expert said of the UCP's changes to SPACECOM's roles.
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Kratos Targets Ground System ‘Revolution’
"We think that p-LEO is a big deal. And there's got to be a revolution that has to hit the ground segment, says Phil Carrai, president of Kratos's space, training and cyber division.
Don’t Buy More SATCOM Bandwidth; Better Manage What You’ve Got: Hughes
"They waste a lot of bandwidth right now," Lober said of DoD's SATCOM management.
Space Force Wants $5B For Anti-Jam Satcoms
PTS is not a satellite per se, rather it is envisioned as a payload that could be carried by US military, commercial or even allied satellites.