GAO: DoD has no clear plan to acquire satellite-based wideband communications

DoD has not taken action to implement the Wideband AoA study recommendations, GAO said in a Dec. 19 report.

21st Annual Global MilSatCom

SMi Group are proud to announce the 21st annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on the 5th, 6th and 7th November alongside a Small Satellites and Disruptive Space Technology focus day on the 4th November.

As…

MilSatCom USA 2019

With the US space sector set to be transformed as the new sixth branch of the military ‘Space Command’ is developed, the AEHF and WGS reach maturity and the initial pilots following the Wideband AoA become more advanced, there has never been a…

Boeing to introduce flat satellite antenna to bring high-speed broadband to military aircraft

The target market for the phased array antenna are militarized Boeing jets like the Navy’s P-8 surveillance aircraft and the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker.

Military buyers struggle to sort through glut of commercial satellite communications services

Air Force satcom buyer Tom Becht: "We see a lot of independent commercial offerings. They are all good. But it would be nice if we could figure out how to do this from an enterprise perceptive.”

DoD taps Hughes, Kratos to prototype joint military-commercial satellite network

A Defense Department pilot program will gauge how multiple satellite communications system can work together to support the military.

Op-ed | Paving a clear “Path” to interoperable SATCOM

It’s time to allow trusted commercial operators to help government benefit from improved satellite operations

Military satcom RFI expected in next few weeks, Air Force announces

It's the only one currently planned for the length of the so-called Wideband AoA, though the Pentagon will hold meetings with industry leadership