Intelsat General is a leading supplier of global satellite services in support of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) participating in critical military operations for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).

We are dedicated to the future of this growing military mission and the needs of Homeland Security – we are always developing our capabilities and technologies to meet the future demand of ISR operations.

We provide:

• Ku-band capacity for communications on Predator and Global Hawk UAVs, as well as manned aircraft flying ISR missions


• High-bandwidth backhaul for the data collected during these critical manned and unmanned missions

Solutions to accommodate UAV operations

• Support for high-data-rate communications, as well as command and control links


• Support of operations in CONUS, Middle East, Southwest Asia, and Africa


• Extended multi-year contracts for regional operations


• Unique wideband channelization to support simultaneous UAV missions


• High data rates using sub-1 meter antennas


• Supports littoral water operations extending more than 300 nautical miles out to sea


• Ku, Ka, and X-band solutions available


• Also used in homeland security, emergency response, and disaster recovery operations

Solutions tailored to manned ISR operations

• Support for high-data-rate uplinks from sub 1m antennas


• Capacity for single channels and full transponders for network operations


• High data rate X-band uplink service in Afghanistan and Somalia/Yemen/Horn-of-Africa for >45cm aero antennas


• Shared Networks with redundant backhaul to commercial PoPs or the DISN


• Private networks tailored to specific user’s needs


• Ku, Ka, and X-band solutions available


• Integration support to COTM land, sea, airborne, and manpack operations