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  • Hughes to Provide Satcom Support for General Atomics' Predator B RPA; Rick Lober Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Provide Satcom Support for General Atomics’ Predator B RPA; Rick Lober Comments

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has partnered with Hughes Network Systems to update the satellite communications system of the Predator B remotely piloted aircraft. Hughes said Monday it will provide customized airborne modems for Predator B’s SkyGuardian variant as part of a contract with General Atomics. The broadband satellite technology company designed its Hughes HM series modems to increase data transfer rates as well as secure […] More

  • Hughes' Rick Lober on Commercial Satcom Trends Agencies & Company's Airbus Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes’ Rick Lober on Commercial Satcom Trends Agencies & Company’s Airbus Partnership

    Rick Lober oversees Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division as its vice president and general manager with responsibility over sales of satellite communications technologies and services to military and other national security agencies. Lober has advocated for government customers to increase their adoption and usage rates of satcom tools from the commercial arena […] More

  • Yahsat Seeks to Expand Y1B Satellite Broadband Services Via Hughes-Built VSAT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yahsat Seeks to Expand Y1B Satellite Broadband Services Via Hughes-Built VSAT Platform

    Al Yah Satellite Communications has placed an order for the Hughes Network Systems-built very small aperture terminal in an effort to expand Yahsat’s broadband services and other offerings delivered through its Ka-band Y1B satellite. The Hughes-built Jupiter System is a VSAT platform that integrates the DVB-S2X air interface standard through the company’s second-generation system-on-a-chip, a very large […] More

  • Hughes Unveils Wide Area Network Optimization Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Unveils Wide Area Network Optimization Tech

    Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a Wide Area Network optimization technology that works to automatically analyze traffic flows in real time and help prioritize “business critical” applications. Hughes ActiveClassifier is the newest addition to the HughesON ActiveTechnologies suite of broadband connectivity offerings and is designed to help multi-branch organizations deliver network support to branch locations, Hughes said Dec. 15. […] More

  • Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments

    Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business has sent a communications satellite into orbit for client Hughes Network Systems using a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida at 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, Lockheed said Sunday. The satellite is designed to help the HughesNet Gen5 system deliver […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Hughes’ Rick Lober Among Speakers at SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Hughes’ Rick Lober Among Speakers at SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Workshop

    Inmarsat‘s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch and Hughes Network Systems’ Rick Lober will participate in a panel discussion at the Satellite Industry Association’s two-day Defense Department Commercial SATCOM Workshop that will kick off Dec. 15 in Virginia. Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat; and Lober, VP and general manager of Hughes’ defense and intelligence systems division; will discuss the […] More

  • Space Systems Loral Ships Hughes Broadband Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Loral Ships Hughes Broadband Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station

    A broadband satellite Space Systems Loral designed and built for Hughes Network Systems has arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ahead of a scheduled launch in December. Hughes said Monday its EchoStar XIX satellite will launch next month aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. EchoStar XIX will join Hughes’ EchoStar XVII and SPACEWAY 3 satellites currently in orbit […] More

  • Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Rick Lober: US Military Can Look to Industry for Commercial Satcom - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Rick Lober: US Military Can Look to Industry for Commercial Satcom

    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch and Rick Lober of Hughes Network Systems have recommended the use of commercial systems to help fulfill the government’s satellite requirements as constellations start to age, Space News Magazine reported Oct. 24. Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, told Space News military officials should consider commercial technologies for their broadband communications functions […] More

  • Rick Lober: Hughes, Airbus Segment Expand Military Satcom Tech Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Lober: Hughes, Airbus Segment Expand Military Satcom Tech Partnership

    Hughes Network Systems has expanded a partnership with Airbus‘ defense and space segment in efforts to address military customers’ tactical communications requirements. Airbus DS will distribute all models of Hughes’ satellite networking technology HM System while latter company will market the former’s Skynet military satcom services to U.S. government customers as part of the agreement, Hughes said Tuesday. HM System […] More

  • Jaswinder Matharu, Richard Roth Join Sevatec Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jaswinder Matharu, Richard Roth Join Sevatec Advisory Board

    Fairfax, Virginia-based technology services contractor Sevatec has appointed industry veterans Jaswinder Matharu and Richard Roth to the company’s board of advisers. Matharu, a 20-year federal market veteran, led data warehousing and analytics firm Agilis International as president and CEO before its acquisition by Infogix in 2014, Sevatec said Wednesday. He also previously held the roles of CEO, chief […] More

  • Hughes, Partners Demo Integrated Mobile Satcom Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes, Partners Demo Integrated Mobile Satcom Tech

    Hughes Network Systems, Klas Telecom, GetSAT and NexTech Solutions have collaborated to demonstrate a mobile satellite communications platform for voice, data and video connectivity. The integrated communications-on-the move satcom technology worked to facilitate high-definition video call among six participants located in different locations when the system was mounted on a sports utility vehicle as well as on a U.S. Navy watercraft during tests conducted June […] More

  • Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling

    Satellite operators have sent opinions to the Federal Communications Commission after an agency ruling that aims to make frequencies above 24 gigahertz available for fifth-generation wireless services, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, O3b Networks, OneWeb, SES, SpaceX and ViaSat are among the companies that have submitted their opinions to […] More