Studies Prove Superior Performance of HTS for Government Customers High-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations have quickly become transformative technology for satellite communications, far surpassing the bandwidth speed and throughput possible with existing satellite communications. Earlier this month SatCom Frontier published a story explaining the difference between open vs. closed HTS architecture. […]
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WASHINGTON — Fleet operator Viasat’s newest satellite could lose around 15 percent of its intended throughput due to an antenna problem discovered after launch. Mark Dankberg, Viasat’s Chairman and CEO, told investors Feb. 8 that the 6,400-kilogram ViaSat-2 satellite launched in June on an Ariane 5 rocket will likely have […]
Harris is developing a tablet-size modem to protect small satellite terminals. WASHINGTON — The satellite communications systems that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency uses to send targeting data to interceptor missiles are huge — about the size of a building. Such high level of SATCOM security has been unheard of […]
The Army is pressed to improve its technology game as Russia continues to flaunt advances in ground and electronic warfare. WASHINGTON — Frustration over lagging modernization has reached a tipping point in the U.S. Army. Rising powers like Russia and China are arming their militaries with advanced weapons and electronic […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Army officials went to Capitol Hill this week seeking lawmakers’ approval to stop buying satellite communications systems that are susceptible to jamming and shift funds to more modern alternatives. The system Army troops currently use — known as the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, or WIN-T — would not […]