Author: Anne Wainscott-Sargent

A powerful new generation of enhanced satellites is placing more stringent requirements on antenna manufacturers as satellite operators look to gain the next-generation of antenna technology without incurring huge extra...

Eutelsat’s announcement in September to implement Carrier ID in video transmissions for the 2012 Olympics could prove to be a key moment in the battle against satellite interference. With satellite...

In its efforts to deliver modern satcom capabilities to the warfighter, the Pentagon has historically struggled to synchronize the launch of next-generation satellites with ground-based infrastructure. Terminal program managers on...

A new military satellite communications landscape is emerging. With budgets being cut, the door is being opened for greater flexibility and innovation as DoDs’ try and meet increasing bandwidth demands,...

In this day and age, with so much emphasis on cutting costs and debt reduction, the mantra is to do more with less. The satellite industry is no exception. With...

Remotely piloted aircraft, the vernacular used by the military for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), now are widely accepted as the military’s sensor data-gathering system of choice. The vehicles increasingly are...

Read an exclusive, extended version of this feature here. The satellite sector is poised to see a period of rapid innovation and growth, spurred by the new U.S. National Space...

The satellite sector is poised to see a period of rapid innovation and growth, spurred by the new U.S. National Space Policy, a broadband-hungry military and planned launches of more...

  The Obama Administration’s new space policy brings an increased emphasis to the commercial satellite industry as a key player in the future space roadmap. Specifically, the policy calls on...

The launch of the third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite in December, along with the planned launches of several next-generation commercial satellites, has ushered in a new broadband satellite era...