GERMANTOWN, Md., July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network
Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite
networks and services, today announced it has been awarded a
Wideband Communications Architecture Study (WCAS) contract to
support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) plan for resilient,
cost-effective satellite communications (SATCOM) capabilities.
Under the contract, Hughes will investigate a wide-ranging
commercial perspective on how different satellite transports can
interoperate for wideband government applications.
Hughes will help to create a secure and affordable WCA that can
facilitate varied and redundant space and ground transports,
delivering a design analysis of wide-beam, spot-beam, and on-board
processing satellites, including GEO/LEO and airborne platforms. An
overall goal is to expand the flexibility and interoperability of
U.S. government satellite communications capabilities, allowing
DoD's various applications to operate over its own satellite
network as well as leveraging commercial satellites, gateways,
waveforms, and terminals to increase mission assurance.
"This new contract reinforces our growing leadership in
efficient defense and intelligence-related high-throughput
satellite, ground infrastructure, and automation technologies,"
stated Rick Lober, vice president
and general manager of Hughes Defense and Intelligence Systems
Division. "Hughes looks forward to supporting the DoD in helping
define innovative and interoperable satellite system architectures
for flexible and robust network management for contested
environments."
Hughes is proposing to leverage a Multi-Modem Adaptor to enable
multiple service providers to contribute towards a resilient SATCOM
service that will also automate provisioning and improve network
operational efficiency.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems,
LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in broadband satellite technology
and services for home and office. Its flagship high-speed satellite
Internet service is HughesNet®, the world's largest satellite
network with over 1 million residential and business customers
across North America and
Brazil. For large enterprises and
governments, the company's HughesON® managed network services
provide complete connectivity solutions employing an optimized mix
of satellite and terrestrial technologies. The JUPITER™ System is
the world's most widely deployed High-Throughput Satellite (HTS)
platform, operating on more than 20 satellites by leading service
providers, delivering a wide range of broadband enterprise,
mobility and cellular backhaul applications. To date, Hughes has
shipped more than 5.5 million terminals to customers in over 100
countries, representing approximately 50 percent market share, and
its technology is powering broadband services to aircraft around
the world.
Headquartered outside Washington,
D.C., in Germantown,
Maryland, USA, Hughes operates sales and support offices
worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation
(NASDAQ: SATS), a premier global provider of satellite operations.
For additional information about Hughes, please visit
www.hughes.com and follow @Hughes_Corp on Twitter.
About EchoStar
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is
a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions.
Headquartered in Englewood, Colo.,
and conducting business around the globe, EchoStar is a pioneer in
secure communications technologies through its Hughes Network
Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. For more
information, visit echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.
©2017 Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company. Hughes
and HughesNet are registered trademarks and JUPITER is a trademark
of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.
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