GERMANTOWN, Md., April 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes
Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband
satellite networks and services, today announced it has been
awarded a contract from Boeing to develop mission management,
system control, networking and ground hub capabilities in support
of an anti-jam satellite communications capability for the Air
Force's Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) program.
The PTES program will provide tactical warfighters with a joint
ground platform designed to deliver protected communications
services through the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite
constellation, commercial satellites and in the future, the DoD's
Protected Tactical Satellites running the Protected Tactical
Waveform (PTW). Hughes will design PTES sub-systems to support
these tactical capabilities in the first phase of Protected
Anti-Jam Tactical Satcom (PATS).
"Hughes is developing a state-of-the-art, containerized software
design for PTES data, control and management functions with
scalable architecture to enable the use of advanced artificial
intelligence and machine learning techniques," said Dr.
Rajeev Gopal, vice president and
Hughes program manager for PTES.
The PTES technology developments will use an Agile Project
Management approach required under the PTES contract. The contract
work was initiated in late 2018 and is expected to run through
2025.
"Hughes looks forward to working with Boeing and the USAF in
applying its more than four decades of experience in developing
SATCOM networks and management systems for commercial and
government enterprise applications," said Rick Lober, vice president and general manager
of Hughes Defense and Intelligence Systems Division (DISD).
"Hughes is committed to building and supporting secure global
communications networks, and our team is dedicated to helping
provide the DoD a highly resilient, tactical network that
will enable mission success in contested
environments."
For more information on Hughes Defense and Intelligence Systems,
visit defense.hughes.com
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 1.3 million residential and business customers
across the Americas. 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 7
million terminals of all types 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 @HughesConnects 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
www.echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.
©2019 Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company. Hughes
and HughesNet are registered trademarks and JUPITER is a trademark
of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.
View original content to download
multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hughes-awarded-contract-by-boeing-to-develop-protected-tactical-enterprise-service-300826193.html
SOURCE Hughes Network Systems, LLC