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 show.
“We don’t launch satellites, but we do help them be lighter and stronger and more efficient,” said David Reichert, head of global business development for electronics and imaging at DuPont.
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IBM Watson CTO Jeb Linton said IBM wants to be “the IT provider of choice for the satellite industry.” IBM has a working prototype with NASA of a satellite blockchain “for the construction of satellites from conception to operation, tracking every single part all the way along the supply chain.”
Michael Wittek of Merck KGaA noted: “We have invested heavily in new liquid crystal materials designed to drive the new generation of antennas.” Merck is partnering with display industry companies “to mass enable antennas at very low price points, using the infrastructure of the display industry to bend those prices down.”
Siemens’ Tom Tengan noted: “Consistency and reliability are very important to our customers. They rely on connectivity for visibility and control of their assets. If that goes down, they can’t see what their plants and other equipment is doing.”
Mastercard’s Jon Brickey said: “For us, it’s all about having connectivity everywhere, especially where markets are undeveloped. In a lot of those places satellite is the only option they’ve got right now and I don’t see that changing.” VS
