Upgrading to Military Grade

Commercial Satellite Service Providers Adapt to Meet Expanding Government Demand

David W. Myers (2010 May/June). MilSat Magazine.

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Abstract

Military and civilian agencies alike depend on advanced satellite services to communicate between forward deployed personnel and command centers outside areas of operation. These communications solutions enhance intelligence gathering and in-field decision making, often creating a competitive advantage in an otherwise hostile environment. The type of information exchange can range from a simple phone call, to something more complex like an encrypted live video feed from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Either way, it’s a communications channel that must be up and running at all times.

Maintaining real-time communications access to the chain of command is a truly mission-critical requirement for today’s NETCENTRIC forces. With the new military-grade commercial satellite communications services, government customers will no longer have to compromise between military features and functionality, and commercial availability and ease of procurement.