Dedication to Solving “Hard Problems” Drives Orbit to Develop New Innovations in Terminals with Inmarsat
By Tuomo Rutanen, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, North America, Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. In the first of a series of Value-Added Manufacturer blogs, where Inmarsat partners explain more about their hardware innovations that meets size, mission, performance and budget requirements, we catch up with Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. Orbit started out in 1950 […]
Inmarsat’s fully-funded technology roadmap – enabling smaller, lighter and more capable aero terminals
By Steve Gizinski, President, Inmarsat Government For more than four decades, Inmarsat has led the way as an innovator and investor in space technology. We have built the world’s most reliable satellite networks and supporting ground networks, and deliver an unrivalled portfolio of User Terminal solutions to keep people and platforms connected on land, at sea and in the air – every minute of every […]
How SATCOM supports emergency planning and helps the DoD protect military assets during disasters
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch is Senior Vice President for Government Strategy and Policy, Inmarsat Government Inc. We are quickly approaching National Preparedness Month (NPM) in September – a month to promote the importance of disaster and emergency planning in order to be ready before events like the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent Hurricane Hanna that hit the Gulf […]
International Women in Engineering Day 2020
When I was an engineering student at the University of Kentucky, there were very few female students in my classes. This was the norm across the United States at that time. Today, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) reports that women still only account for less than 15% of those who earn bachelor’s degrees in electrical […]
How Inmarsat SATCOM helps establish certainty in uncertain times
Tom Costello, Chief Commercial Officer, Inmarsat Government The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced all of us to adapt, and the U.S. government is no exception. Telework arrangements are rising sharply, with as many as 4 million Department of Defense (DoD) military and civilian workers working remotely. In what DoD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy calls […]
LACE II: the latest in SWaP innovation for the Rugged Logic/Inmarsat partnership
By Dr. Andrew Yoder, President and CEO, Rugged Logic, Inc. Whether they are military servicemen and women mobilizing halfway around the world, first responder team members heading to a disaster or medical staffers responding to a crisis, our customers constantly need to deploy anywhere in the world – quickly. They are not experts in satellite […]
COVID-19 – our approach
SATCOM as a Service – a path forward for integrated SATCOM architecture of the future
Rebecca M. Cowen-Hirsch, Senior Vice President, Government Strategy & Policy, Inmarsat Government Space is recognized as vital to national security, and the U.S. government with its NATO Allies is increasingly focused on the acceleration of a defendable space and the need for diversity, redundancy and resiliency of assets. The commercial satellite industry has built decades […]
Inmarsat Partner Podcast with Edward Joannides – General Manager, Intellian Technologies
At the recent SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Workshop in Arlington, Virginia, we sat down with Edward Joannides, General Manager at Intellian Technologies, to discuss how his company has partnered with Inmarsat for the past decade to deliver the three “R’s” the government is looking for – reliability, redundancy and resiliency. Intellian is a leading global […]
A New Frontier: Arctic Region Payloads Demonstrate Inmarsat’s Commitment to Seamless Global Connectivity for U.S. Government Users
By Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Senior Vice President, Government Strategy & Policy Inmarsat Government In today’s geopolitical and economic environments, demand for Arctic connectivity is growing. Nations have increased their activities in the Arctic region – whether exploration/research, commerce, defense maneuvers or patrols – and it is critical that U.S. government mission operators have reliable access to satellite […]