Kratos Defense partners with XipLink to deploy satellite network acceleration

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that it is partnering with XipLink, to enable its market leading network acceleration product, XipOS, as an orchestrated, cloud-native software module running on Kratos’ OpenSpace dynamic satellite ground platform. Widely used across the communications industry, XipOS enhances the user experience by dramatically improving link utilization and network efficiency while reducing latency effects, improving response time by 30% or more. OpenSpace Platform users will now benefit from orchestrating XipOS immediately, on demand as a fully integrated component of their end-to-end satellite network, from the gateway all the way to the terminal at the network’s far edge. "Satellite terminals have historically been built on dedicated, proprietary hardware devices. As a result, companies like XipLink were forced to require additional hardware to deploy their applications, often at both the gateway and remote locations," said Kevin Tobias, Director of Edge Product Management Solutions at Kratos. With OpenSpace and Kratos’ recently introduced OpenEdgeTM software-enabled satellite terminals, operators can greatly improve their time to revenue while dramatically reducing cost and complexity."