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SIG Appoints Kratos’ Bob Potter as Director
Ledbury, UK, 10th June 2020 – The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has announced that Bob Potter of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has been appointed a Director of the group. Bob joins existing directors Andreas Voigt of Eutelsat and Mark Steel of Inmarsat, led...
SIG Launches Awards for Innovation and Excellence
Ledbury, UK, 3rd June 2020 – The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has today announced the establishment of the SIG Awards. The awards will recognise standout SIG members doing amazing things to help the satellite communications industry. Nominations are now open and are...
PEKASAT announced as SIG’s first Startup Member
Ledbury, UK, 21st April 2020 – The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has announced PEKASAT SE as its first startup member. PEKASAT specialises in spectrum management and frequency coordination of satellite networks. SIG has introduced a startup membership tier following...
In The Press
Kratos Defense & Security to Work on U.S. Army Advanced Comms Systems
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) will participate in a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for U.S. Army advanced communication systems. The new Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II (GTACS...
Pair 5G with satellite to promote IoT the way to go
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Interference… Have we fixed the problem?
Satellite interference has been a massive challenge for the satellite industry for a number of years, however satellite operators now have a whole host of tools at their disposal to reduce, detect, and mitigate interference. How has the interference landscape changed?...
Member News
RCS and SES Networks Expand Partnership with SD-WAN Service
RCS to offer superior service availability with SES Networks’ new intelligent SD-WAN service Luxembourg, 18 June 2020 – RCS Communication, an ICT company in South Sudan, has adopted a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) built on SES Networks’ SD-WAN service...
Kratos to Acquire CPI’s Antenna Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the ASC Signal division from Communications & Power Industries (CPI) for $35 million in cash, a deal that expands its business in the ground segment supporting space-based systems....
Eutelsat selected by RCS Ghana for Direct to Home (DTH) broadcast
Multi-year contract leveraging Eutelsat’s dynamic 7° East neighbourhood PARIS, France, April 27, 2020/ -- Eutelsat Communications (www.Eutelsat.com) (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of...