What’s required to advance DoD enterprise SATCOM

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) relies on satellite communications (SATCOM) for myriad operational needs worldwide. With a massive range of connected technologies, DoD officials have long aspired to create an “Enterprise SATCOM” capability that would enable seamless interoperability among its many networks. To date, that goal remains unrealized, leaving a vast and complex patchwork of hardware, software, communication standards and burdensome manual processes to manage it all.