Balancing Bandwidth Needs with Increased Efficiency

Via Satellite – U.S. DoD’s needs for innovation investments to maximize all assets (Milsatcom & commercial) has never been greater. With the drawdown in Afghanistan complete and new hot spots emerging, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) military planners must wrestle with both shrinking defense budgets and fewer ground forces at their command. The need for innovation investments…

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Saving on SATCOM

Military Information Technology – In satellite communications as well as virtually every other area, driving down costs is the order of day for the Department of Defense, whether that is reducing the initial capital investment, cutting usage costs or getting more output from current contracts and resources. The complexity of the SATCOM supply chain—the space…

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Shifting Fortunes for Commercial X-Band

Aerospace America – The war in Afghanistan sparked a booming market for commercially provided satellite communications in the X-band range of 8-12 GHz. This frequency band is reserved exclusively for government use by the U.N.’s International Telecommunication Union. Commanders, troops, and intelligence analysts needed to share maps, detailed satellite images, and electrooptical and infrared videos of…

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