With Intelsat buy, SES targets European defense market
SES's American arm, SES Space & Defense, was awarded a five-year "Sustainment Tactical Network (STN) contract" to provide the US Army with satellite communications services.
Army plans follow-up to SATCOM services pilot for FY25
The Army is convinced that there are benefits to be had from moving to a SATCOM-as-a-service model, including rapid response to battlefield needs and access to the very latest tech.
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SES to buy Intelsat, further shrinking SATCOM gene pool
Space industry analyst Todd Harrison said the $3.1 billion purchase is latest in a "shakeup" in the satellite communications landscape following the proliferation of LEO birds.
Space moves: Trackers losing maneuvering sats, increasing heavenly danger, study says
The COMSPOC study included a look at risks from unannounced rendezvous and proximity operations — such as those being routinely performed by the Russian "inspector" satellite Luch/Olymp that have raised hackles at the Defense Department — and the risks to US military satellites cause by mis-plotting the trajectories of adversary birds.
A Musk monopoly? For now, Ukraine has few options outside Starlink for battlefield satcoms
"I think everyone agrees that if there's a reasonable cost-based argument that paying for use does make sense," industry analyst Tim Farrar said. But "I think Elon has made that more difficult rather than less difficult because you don't normally negotiate your weapons contracts on Twitter."
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Intelsat’s satellite services provide options to address a variety of missions, including all-domain defense operations, border security management, and disaster/humanitarian relief.
SpaceLogistics Sat Servicing Mission Taps New Markets
"I see a great expansion in capability that will come as a result of this," Anderson said of SpaceLogistic's first robotic on-orbit servicing mission.
DoD Drafts New Acquisition Strategy For Commercial SATCOM
Space Force will ask for 2022 money for commercial satcom, but the funds will not be for buying services as industry would like -- rather for R&D.
Survey Says: MilCom Networks Are Fragile, Outdated
Those polled said that resiliency and cyber protection are the two most valued requirements for future milcom systems. The survey also found that there is widespread agreement that the current acquisition systems in place across the Air Force, Army, Navy and DoD are too creaky.
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EXCLUSIVE Revolutionary SATCOM Vision Hits Raymond’s Desk: AFSPC
The vision itself isn't the only thing that is needed, industry sources say. A concept of operations is required for how the Air Force will manage different user needs and interact with different industry providers. "The vision is out, but there is no concept of operations," said one source.
DARPA In Talks With New Robot Sat Servicing Company
The robot satellite known as RSGS will provide four types of service: inspection of anomalies that appear in a satellite's operations; assist with adjustments to a satellite's orbit; correct mechanical problems; and, help install new payloads to upgrade capabilities.
Pence: 5G Plan Will Spur Space Innovation
"President Trump has made it clear that the race to 5G is a race America will win," Pence said.
Intelsat Readies For ‘Epic’ Foray Into Military SatCom
WASHINGTON: For more than a decade, the US military has fumbled and groped and stumbled and, gradually, figured out ways to buy a mix of commercial satellite communications and dedicated military satellites so it could communicate and watch video from Predator, Global Hawk, and Reaper drones in theaters where military bandwidth was precious. For much […]