Back to news

April 26, 2023 | International, C4ISR

Space Force eyes ‘outernet’ for better data flow in orbit

A review of the satellite communications enterprise recommended a mix of commercial and government SATCOM networks.

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/04/26/space-force-eyes-outernet-for-better-data-flow-in-orbit/

On the same subject

  • Army launches new Bring-Your-Own-Device pilot as it aims to leverage commercial capabilities

    August 23, 2022 | International, Land

    Army launches new Bring-Your-Own-Device pilot as it aims to leverage commercial capabilities

    "Since this is done in a virtualized environment that is hosted up in the cloud through DoD, it is very, very, very secure... We're pretty excited about this and it's taken us a while to get to this point, both from a policy perspective and from a building out of the environment [perspective], but we are right on the cusp of implementation," Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.

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

    May 22, 2019 | International, Aerospace, C4ISR

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

    WASHINGTON – Boeing Phantom Works, the company's advanced technology arm, is introducing a new flat satellite communications (SATCOM) broadband antenna that would bring high-speed data to military aircraft. Space News reports. 9 May 2019 -- The low-profile electronically steered flat conformal antenna and a multi-channel terminal will be in production next year and the launch customer will be the Navy's future unmanned mid-air refueling tanker, the MQ-25, which Boeing is developing under an $805 million contract. The initial market for the phased array antenna and terminal will be operators of militarized Boeing jets like the Navy's P-8 surveillance aircraft and the Air Force's KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, to bring a smart skin design approach these contemporary aircraft. Compared to airborne command centers such as the president's Air Force One, most military aircraft have limited connectivity. The majority of military aircraft have narrowband terminals that get kilobits of data. A phased array antenna would give them access to government and commercial Ka-band satellites that provide from 10s to 100s of megabits of data throughput, Gathmann said. https://www.militaryaerospace.com/unmanned/article/16711555/boeing-to-introduce-flat-satellite-antenna-to-bring-highspeed-broadband-to-military-aircraft

  • Contracts for March 3, 2021

    March 4, 2021 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security

    Contracts for March 3, 2021

    Today

All news