Kratos Defense demonstrates fully virtualized SATCOM ground system

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions successfully executed a fully virtualized satellite communications, SATCOM, ground system demonstration for the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command, both announced today. Kratos and SES successfully showed a flexible network architecture facilitating simultaneous communication pathways for resilient SATCOM. This virtualized and containerized architecture enables soldiers to position their radio frequency hardware and software-defined hubs anywhere globally. In an industry first, the demonstration showed seamless operation supporting satellites in Medium Earth Orbit on a “make-before-break” mode over SES’s O3b MEO satellite network. Make-before-break is an essential capability for MEO and LEO satellite constellations referring to the ability to transfer communication sessions while the user transverses the coverage areas of different satellites.