Shaun Waterman
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FeatureU.K. Analysts See Tipping Points for Incumbents and Disruptors
The satellite business is at a double fulcrum, U.K. market analysts say — both incumbents and would-be disruptors face moments of truth in the next few years. Jeffries analyst Giles […]
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MagazineThe Global Economy in the Next Decade — an Uncertain Future
The future, of course, never really arrives. But it is getting nearer more and more quickly with each passing year. Technological change, like compound interest, builds on its own gains […]
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CybersecuritySatellite Cybersecurity Beset by Misaligned Market Incentives
Many things make cybersecurity for the satellite sector difficult: IT in space is tough to update and satellite systems are enormously complex. But the hardest thing of all might be […]
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CybersecurityDifferent Industries Face Divergent Cyber Challenges
A major cybersecurity challenge for satellite manufacturers is that their products have to be designed to be beyond the reach of human hands for decades. Automobile companies face the opposite […]
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CybersecuritySatellite Providers Stymied by Lack of Cyber Standards
Satellite companies vying to sell to the government and defense markets know their prospective customers want them to be cyber-secure, but the absence of industry standards and guidance leaves them […]
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MobilityThe Complex 5G Ecosystem Needs Partnerships to Work
In a world where almost everything is connected to ultra-fast 5G networks, just about everyone is going to need a seat at the table where decisions about those networks are […]
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CybersecurityNew LEO Satellites Bring Fresh Cyber Issues
The new generation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites — thousands of which will be launched over the next few years — may be easier to secure from cyberattacks than […]
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Government/MilitaryCyberSat Sees Dueling Views of Russia as Partner, Adversary in Space
When it comes to outer space, Russia is both a partner and an adversary for the U.S., a duality made clear by two very different keynotes at Thursday’s CyberSat 2019 […]
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ConnectivityGary Shapiro Calls 5G “Battleground” Between US and China
The collection of new cellular and networking technologies and standards known as 5G is the latest battleground between the United States and China on the world stage, and at stake […]
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Mobility5G May Be the Future, but 4G is Now
5G may be the face of the future for mobile in the developed world, but globally, nearly two-thirds of mobile users don’t even have a 4G connection, according to Cisco’s […]
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Government/MilitaryNASA Seeks Wider Use of GPS: Not From Space, but in Space
NASA, one of the U.S. government agencies that manages GPS, wants to expand the navigation system’s application in a place many probably never thought of using it — space itself. […]
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MagazineAdvanced Industries Want Satellite
Representatives of advanced manufacturing, IT, and financial sector companies discussed what they can offer the satellite industry and what it can offer them at Wednesday’s closing session of the SATELLITE […]
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MagazinePanelists See Launch Services Market, Providers, Contracting
The commercial launch market is flat at best and likely to stay that way for the next few years, meaning the number of launch services companies may contract, industry panelists […]
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MagazineSmall Companies, Big Ideas at Startup Space
Small companies with big ideas touted their ambitious plans at the startup competition held in the exhibit hall of the annual SATELLITE show Tuesday. Latvian firm TimeTag, spun off by […]
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MagazineSpectrum Issues Will Dominate WRC-19
There are three important agenda items at the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) in October, panelists told the annual SATELLITE show Wednesday: Spectrum, spectrum, and spectrum. The infamous agenda item […]
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ConnectivityWill the Broadband Divide be Consigned to History in the US?
These days, a high-speed internet connection is like electricity or running water — a convenience of modern life that most Americans take for granted. But, just as the light switch […]