To operate in today’s theaters — with 38,000 NATO and 47,000 U.S. troops in mountainous Afghanistan and 115,000 U.S. troops in the deserts of Iraq — the military needs even lighter and more capable ground systems that provide beyond-line-of-sight communications. With the restrictive protocol of limited troop engagement, the need for real-time linkage on surveillance…

By Richard Kusiolek The military of the European Union (EU) comprises the national armed forces of 27 member states, and next-generation military systems and defense policy process are key concerns in Europe, according to panelists “European MilSatCom: Increasing Demands, Uncertain Architecture” session.     While individual states are responsible for their militaries, agencies such as European…

[Satellite News 01-26-10] The relationship between Latin America’s capacity demand and capacity supply continues to amaze analysts who project growth for operators despite a slowly recovering global economy and limited financing resources.     NSR Senior Analyst Patrick French told Satellite News that high demand is bring driven by e-government, long distance learning, DTH services, video…

According to Andrea Maleter, technical director, Futron, “There is a fair amount of private equity money still going into (Latin America’s) satellite business. Latin American telecoms, in general, has seen a fair amount of consolidation. Telefonica, which has acquired so many companies around the region, has not had a problem gaining financing for things that…