SES’ government arm has partnered with Planet Labs to develop a satellite-powered connectivity platform under a NASA program that aims to demonstrate near-Earth communications by 2025. The partnership seeks to create a commercial space relay service that will use SES’ O3b mPOWER system and other satellites, the company said Tuesday. SES Government Solutions booked a […] More

An SES subsidiary in Reston, Virginia, has introduced a service offering designed to help military customers access and manage X-band satellite data. SES Government Solutions said Thursday its new tactiXs platform offers on-demand, volume-based connectivity from the GovSat-1 satellite to support communications on the pause or on the move. A public-private partnership between the company […] More

The government-focused subsidiary of SES offers a new web-based platform designed to help agencies and military organizations monitor operational networks. The company said Monday the Hydra common operational picture platform of SES Government Solutions provides situational awareness by gathering and organizing data from multiple sources then delivering the resulting information to an integrated dashboard. The […] More

An SES subsidiary will provide satellite communications support to a U.S. combatant command as part of a $35 million contract. Pete Hoene, president and CEO of SES Government Solutions, said the company aims to help military personnel transmit tactical data in real time using both GEO and medium earth orbit satcom platforms.

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SES‘ government solutions business has partnered with Bushtex to provide training and testing support to the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combatant Command. The collaboration comes as part of a $29.3M contract which tasks SES to deliver commercial Ku band satellite communications technology to the ACC in support of the command’s missions in the continental U.S., SES said […] More

Pete Hoene, president and CEO of SES‘ government solutions business, has said the company aims to offer a suite of managed services and systems designed to help customers transmit data in real time via a new satellite network. He wrote in an article published by SpaceNews that Boeing will build seven medium-Earth orbit satellites for […] More

A subsidiary of SES has received a $24.8 million contract from the Defense Department to provide managed satellite communications services for the U.S. Africa Command. SES Government Solutions will use an entire 432 megahertz fully steerable medium earth orbit beam to deliver the throughput capacity required under the contract, SES said Monday. Pete Hoene, president and […] More

SES‘ government solutions subsidiary has received a five-year task order from the Defense Department to provide an additional satellite beam for government end-users to access real-time information. The company said Tuesday it will deliver an additional 432-megahertz satellite beam designed to operate at less than 200 milliseconds per roundtrip along with a full duplex link, gateway […] More

SES Government Solutions has partnered with O3b Networks to install the latter company’s managed satellite service at a National Weather Service office in American Samoa under a task order. The task order under NOAA’s Worldwide Satellite Communications Systems II contract covers the installation of O3b’s terminals, ground segment network and radomes in order to provide high-speed data connectivity to NWSO […] More

The government solutions business of SES has held the second demonstration of O3b Networks‘ satellite system for “fiber-like” connectivity at the SES Washington Media Port in Virginia. SES said Monday the O3b technology works as an alternative to fiber networks to provide high-speed communications capability for government operations in remote locations. Pete Hoene, president and CEO of SES Government Solutions, […] More

SES‘ government-focused subsidiary has secured a recompete contract that provides for the continued delivery of satellite communication services to the U.S. Army’s Intelligence and Security Command over a potential five-year period. Under the TROJAN follow-on contract, SES Government Solutions will provide advanced and secure satcom services in support of INSCOM’s mission of ensuring that warfighters […] More

An SES subsidiary has worked with Lite Coms to help the U.S. Army update and test a legacy ground terminal with medium Earth orbit satellite communications technology. SES Government Solutions said Tuesday the partnership worked on the Lite Sat 2.2A terminal in support of the military service’s Phoenix modernization effort as the branch is looking […] More