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SES Space & Defense Awarded Air Force Contract for Military Use of Commercial Space Broadband

By James Careless
SpaceRef
September 14, 2023
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SES Space & Defense Awarded Air Force Contract for Military Use of Commercial Space Broadband
SES Space & Defense satellite illustration.
Image credit: SES Space & Defense.

SES Space & Defense has been awarded a multi-year contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct tests on the military use of multiple commercial space broadband services. The tests will be conducted across multi-orbit, multi-band satellite networks to further military airborne communications, especially in the Arctic region.

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James Careless

James Careless is an award-winning satellite communications writer. He has covered the industry since the 1990s.