January 2009 Edition
ISR
INCOMING
INCOMING: Height Of Surveillance, by Hartley Lesser
Viable intelligence requires surveillance of the highest caliber. To attain such, altitude is one of the mandatory tools required for mission success.
INCOMING: A Conversation With Americom Government Services, with Robert Demers, Howard Stevens, and Brian Watson
AGS was formed on November 9, 2001 as an independent corporation, and a wholly owned subsidiary of SES AMERICOM. The Company offers satellite bandwidth and custom satcom network solutions to U.S. government agencies, including Defense, Civilian, State, Department of Homeland Security and Intelligence, as well as to commercial contractors who support government contracts.
INCOMING: A Conversation With GMV, with José Prieto
GMV is a privately owned technological business group with an international presence. Founded in 1984, GMV offers a variety of solutions, services, and products in very diverse sectors, including Space, Defense, Telecommunications, and Information Technology for Public Administration and large corporations, among others.
COMMAND CENTER
COMMAND CENTER: Lieutenant General John T. "Tom" Sheridan, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center
COMMAND CENTER: Rick VanderMuelen, ViaSat, Vice President of Government Satcom
Commander Joseph A. Smith, by Susan Sheppard, Consultant + Contributing Editor
COMMAND CENTER: Paul Scardino, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Globecomm Systems
Paul Scardino is Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Globecomm Systems, and oversees sales and communications across all of the companys lines of business. We spoke to him last December about how the well-known systems integrator is changing to match a changing world.
COMMAND CENTER: Dan Losada, Senior Director of the Defense and Intelligence Systems, Hughes
COMMAND CENTER: Terry Benson, Business Area Manager, Communications Systems, Overwatch Tactical Operations
COMM OPS
COMM OPS: EW, ELINT, + SURVEILLANCE SATS, by Jos Heyman, Tiros Space Information
In this presentation, we will look at military early warning satellites, electronic intelligence gathering satellites, and ocean surveillance satellites launched by the United States military forces. Information about these satellites is invariably secret and the satellites are not given a name at the time of launch, or, in recent years, are grouped in a series of diverse military satellites simply identified as USA, without any further indication as to the objective.
COMM OPS: SATCOM is Critical for Real-Time, Accurate Information, by Prashant Butani, Satcom Analyst, NSR
by Prashant Butani, Satcom Analyst, NSR
The tragic terrorist attacks in Mumbai on the 27th of November killed nearly 200 people including a large number of Indians, as well as nationals from the U.S., Germany, Canada, Israel, Britain, Italy, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia and Singapore. This horrific incident has been suggested as a tactical shift in terms how terrorism will be carried out in future attacks.
The tragic terrorist attacks in Mumbai on the 27th of November killed nearly 200 people including a large number of Indians, as well as nationals from the U.S., Germany, Canada, Israel, Britain, Italy, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia and Singapore. This horrific incident has been suggested as a tactical shift in terms how terrorism will be carried out in future attacks.
COMM OPS: Trends in Communication Systems For ISR UAVs, by Steve Gardner, GM, Enerdyne Technologies, Inc.
During the past six years of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, all doubts about the utility of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in providing mission critical ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) for war fighters have been erased. In 2002, UAV systems (a ground station supporting a number of aircraft) deployed totaled 16. In 2008 the number of systems in theatre exceeded 1,000, with nearly 6,000 aircraft fielded.
BRIEFINGS
BRIEFING: Fames Speeds Up SatImagery Use, by Susan Sheppard
by Susan Sheppard
One of the greatest challenges facing the military, intelligence community and other federal agencies is that of efficiently acquiring, managing and distributing satellite images in a multi-sensor environment. Massive volumes of intelligence information need to be processed for tactical analysis, surveillance, training, reporting and information-sharing missions
One of the greatest challenges facing the military, intelligence community and other federal agencies is that of efficiently acquiring, managing and distributing satellite images in a multi-sensor environment. Massive volumes of intelligence information need to be processed for tactical analysis, surveillance, training, reporting and information-sharing missions
BRIEFING: Managing Wireless Capacity in Tactical Environments, by Jeffrey Weaver, Director, XipLink
by Jeffrey Weaver, Director, XipLink
Wherever emergencies happen, on a battlefield, across a disputed border, or as the result of hurricanes, floods, or fires, on-site communication managers face an immediate set of unnerving trade-offs.
Wherever emergencies happen, on a battlefield, across a disputed border, or as the result of hurricanes, floods, or fires, on-site communication managers face an immediate set of unnerving trade-offs.
BRIEFING: 1st Military & Government Summit Comes To 2009 NAB Show, SatNews Publishers Official Media Sponsor
SatNews Publishers is the official Media Sponsor for the FIRST NAB Military + Government Summit at the NAB 2009 Exhibition and Conference. Should you wish to consider editorial content for either the March issue of MilsatMagazine and/or SatMagazine, which will be printed and distributed at this premiere event, please contact Hartley ASAP and let's chat!