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Satellite connectivity and performance requirements are crucial for research scientists like Christopher Zappa, who uses UAS to measure sea ice thickness. Instead of accessing the area by ship, which would affect the outcome of his research, Zappa uses large, fixed-wing unmanned aircraft that can fly up to 24 hours and carry payloads of 10 pounds. […]

I’m privileged to be working at Intelsat General this summer and recently attended the Future Space Conference held on Capitol Hill. This annual event is hosted by the Future Space Leaders Foundation, an organization that provides young space professionals with a range of learning and specialized enrichment opportunities. While the conference was meant to give

Much of the focus in the past few years for U.S. Department of Defense space planners has been on getting more powerful and resilient satellites into orbit. Now the DoD is turning its attention to the ground operations, as evidenced by a recent contract award to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. to help define

Increasingly, military units require a new kind of Comms-on-the-Move (COTM) that includes the ability to establish small, flexible networks that connect units across the area within which they are operating.  Military units need the flexibility to stay connected at all times, even while on the move, and this becomes easier when using small ground terminals

No military operation is as remote as a single destroyer operating on the open ocean, hundreds if not thousands of miles from the nearest port. Forty years ago, a U.S. Navy ship crossing the Pacific communicated by teletype machine using radio signals. Now satellite connections have forever changed life aboard that ship.
Today, ship captains participate

“Everything we do in our daily lives is enabled by space.” Dr. Heather Wilson, who was sworn in last month as the 24th secretary of the U.S. Air Force, said this and more in front of a Capitol Hill audience June 16. Her address was recorded and the video was sponsored by Intelsat General.
In her

Intelligent technologies like advanced analytics and biometrics/identity analytics can help government agencies fulfill their missions to improve the delivery of public services and meet the rising expectations of citizens, a recent survey found. However, successful adoption of intelligent technologies first requires overcoming challenges—challenges that can be solved, survey respondents say, by looking to the private

Here at SatCom Frontier we have recently discussed the scope of the technological transformation occurring around the world today. One of the more important aspects of that transformation for national defense is the broadening adoption of Big Data analytics. Modern military platforms produce gigantic amounts of data on a continuous basis that must be collected,

Even though one influential Senator called President Trump’s 2018 budget proposal for the Defense Department “dead on arrival,” there are many positive takeaways for the national security space community that could very well survive as the budget moves through both houses of Congress.
The Trump administration released its request last week for $1.15 trillion in federal

The White House recently swore in former Congresswoman Dr. Heather Wilson as the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, the first Air Force Academy graduate to hold the service’s top civilian post. Wilson assumes her new position at a time when many believe the U.S. Air Force faces a number of serious readiness and

The topic of improved resiliency for space communications was the main topic at a forum discussion organized by the Washington Space Business Roundtable. Speakers addressed the accelerating rate of technological change in space, and how, in response, government and industry are collaborating more closely.
Skot Butler, President of IGC talked about how the pace of technological

A recent in-flight demo using a Gogo modem connected to an Intelsat Epic satellite confirmed the powerful throughput of these new high-performance satellites.  This type of performance will have broad uses for both commercial and government, manned and unmanned aircraft.
As reported by Ari Magnusson, news editor for APEX Media, “Gogo claims its upcoming modem, combined with

In a recent report, Northern Sky Research (NSR) analyzes how unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are evolving, along with their current and potential applications. As the number of in-service units increases, the demand for satellite capacity will grow. NSR Analyst Prateep Basu spoke with SatCom Frontier about the report findings and how the latest offerings from

At Intelsat and Intelsat General, we know that customer needs typically differ to some degree. However, decades of experience serving government customers have demonstrated recurring themes and requirements, especially in the areas of performance, resiliency and flexibility.
To better meet these needs in the international arena, Intelsat has created a Global Government team focused on addressing