Cyprus Selects Kratos to Scale Satellite Ground Operations

Makarios teleport. Photo: Iris.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions announced that the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA), an international telecommunications hub in the Eastern Mediterranean, has selected Kratos’ end-to-end network management suite of products to support its expanding satellite ground operations. The network management suite will help CYTA scale its international operations by automating network functions and managing customer services and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) more effectively across hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks. The suite will be deployed at the company’s Makarios teleport station.

The Makarios teleport hosts a large number of earth stations providing links to numerous satellites included in CYTA’s telecommunications network. The network management upgrade is a key element of CYTA’s enhancement program, which includes adding advanced services to support satellite operators in satellite control and monitoring operations.

“The end-to-end network management suite configured for CYTA includes Compass to proactively monitor and manage CYTA’s network devices to reduce costly downtime, and, in the event of a device failure, reduce Mean-Time-to-Repair (MTTR) by identifying the root cause of device issues earlier and accelerating the remediation process,” said Bruno Dupas, president of Kratos Integral Systems Europe. “In addition, Kratos’ NeuralStar Service Quality Manager (SQM) organizes and manages CYTA’s services across its international network and helps improve service quality assurance.”

Makarios Teleport’s operations are already supported by Kratos’ Monics integrated Radio Frequency (RF) monitoring system, which is connected to more than 60 satellite antennas and provides direct visibility to the satellite carriers transmitted and received at the site. Detailed information on the relevant parameters, such as modulation details of wanted and interfering carriers can be readily extracted.

Together, Compass, NeuralStar SQM, and Monics provide an end-to-end solution ensuring that Teleport personnel are continuously aware of the status of every device and service CYTA provides.