In this video, Richard DalBello, Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs, Intelsat General, talks about risk management in space and how more needs to be done to mitigate issues caused by overcrowding in space.
He also discusses how the increased number of assets in space has caused both safety and electronic interference issues that need to be properly dealt with so future generations can use this environment effectively.
According to the New York Times, there is a battle going on inside the U.S. Government. The battle is over the future of spy satellites and how to best ensure our government continues to have intelligence supremacy from space.
In this video Britt Lewis, Vice President of Marketing and Business Strategy at Intelsat General talks about helping the U.S. military transition from narrowband to broadband communications for their mobility needs. In particular he discusses the CBSP contract and the US Navy’s need for broadband communications up to 20Mbps and higher.
He also describes innovative and cost-effective approaches like hosted payloads and the best ways to address the military’s rapidly escalating need for customized, end-to-end SATCOM bandwidth and solutions.
An interesting story was published by SpaceRef last week, coming out of the National Space Symposium held in Colorado Springs, CO. It reported that the largest providers of commercial SATCOM are becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of clarity being given by the government regarding their future SATCOM needs.
In this video Britt Lewis, Vice President of Marketing and Business Strategy at Intelsat General talks about the evolution of the government SATCOM market. He describes the move from straight bandwidth to end-to-end solutions, driven by the military's "need for speed."
The proliferation of UAV sorties and the resulting amounts of data are putting strain on the SATCOM networks of all the branches of the U.S. military.In this executive interview Tom Foust,Regional Vice President, Global Network Solutions at Intelsat, discusses how the branches address this challenge in different ways, and he shares how his military background prepared him for his career at Intelsat General.
The Washington Post published a very interesting story last week covering budget hearings on 2013 military space programs. Each branch of the military touted their own respective space programs – the Air Force talked AEHF, the Army WGS, the Navy MUOS.
As promising as these programs truly are for the future, there are two important issues the military faces right now in space.
Last month, members of industry, government and defense gathered for Satellite 2012, which is one of the premier forums for staying up-to-date on the latest in satellite communications, as well as capturing a glimpse of the future of satellite technology.
The proliferation of remote sensor data from manned and unmanned aerial vehicles has played a major role in increasing overall satellite bandwidth usage. In this executive interview Tom Foust,Regional Vice President, Global Network Solutions at Intelsat, discusses this topic and how C4ISR is advancing to provide the timely and actionable data to the warfigher.
In this executive interview, Kay Sears of Intelsat General discusses what market trends she sees affecting the commercial SATCOM market. Kay also talks about the most satisfying part of her job at IGC.
Click here to watch an interview in which Kay talks about the proper role of commercial SATCOM in supporting military operations.
