Hughes Network Systems has secured a contract to supply a satellite broadband  gateway and very small aperture terminals to Lintasarta as the companies seek to help address a demand for managed enterprise networks in Indonesia. The Indonesian communications firm plans to install Hughes’ JUPITER System gateway and up to 5,000 VSATs designed to facilitate high-bandwidth connectivity for clients, […] More

Hughes Network Systems has concluded the installation of a managed enterprise network for the Labor Department‘s Mine Safety and Health Administration under a one-year, $1.36 million contract. The company said Monday HughesON works to provide remote connectivity to the deployed vehicles and regional facilities of MSHA’s Mine Emergency Operations. Tony Bardo, Hughes assistant vice president of government solutions, said […] More

Signal Mountain Networks and its subcontractor Hughes Network Systems have completed the deployment of a satellite communications network at 80 locations under a potential four-year, $1 million contract with the U.S. Geological Survey. The satcom network is meant for data collection efforts in the U.S. and Caribbean in support of the USGS Global Seismographic Network’s […] More

Hughes Network Systems has introduced an open architecture-based system that works to provide mobile satellite communications for government clients. The HM System is built on scrambled code multiple access waveform and  software-definable modem platforms that work to facilitate bandwidth sharing, Hughes said Thursday. Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of defense and intelligence systems division […] More

Hughes Network Systems and Level 3 Communications have partnered to offer federal agencies a suite of managed network service offerings through a U.S. General Services Administration-run enterprise telecommunications contract vehicle. Level 3 added the HughesON digital media and network management services portfolio to the company’s Networx Enterprise contract, Hughes said Wednesday. HughesON works to help organizations receive high-speed […] More

Hughes Network Systems has received a potential five-year, $700,000 contract to provide managed Internet connections, Wi-Fi services and digital media platforms for the Florida Army National Guard. The company said Monday it will deliver the HughesON suite offerings to 65 National Guard installations across the state through its broadband satellite network. Tony Bardo, assistant vice president […] More

Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division has worked with partners Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and DataPath to test the video transmission capability of its satellite communications system for airborne platforms. Hughes said Monday the test demonstrated the real-time transmission of high-definition video from a NorthStar Aviation Bell 407MRH helicopter via Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress I-5 F2 satellite. “High-definition […] More

Rick Lober serves as vice president and general manager of Hughes Network Systems‘ defense and intelligence systems division, an organization that delivers satellite communication technologies and services to defense and intelligence agencies. In this capacity, he manages a portfolio of fixed Ku, Ka and X band very small aperture terminals as well as mobilesat and […] More

Hughes Network Systems has introduced a set of broadband satellite network platforms designed to provide Internet connections for first responders, government agencies and businesses during hurricanes and other disasters. The offerings under Hughes Emergency Services suite seek to offer online communications during pre-disaster planning, recovery and post-event response operations, the company said Tuesday. “It only takes one […] More

Hughes Network Systems LLC has introduced a portable broadband global area network terminal that is intended to address customers’ requirements for communications on the move. The Hughes 9211-HDR combined portable/mobile satellite terminal is designed to dock with a class 10 and class 11 mobile antenna, Hughes said Tuesday. “Imagine using a 9211-HDR as a portable […] More

Hughes Network Systems will provide data communications and networking equipment and associated services to the Texas Department of Information Resources under a two-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday the contract includes digital signage utilized in emergency messaging and media distribution applications and the Hughes Learning Portal learning management system. “By leveraging digital signage in combination with learning management, […] More

Communications sector executives such as Hughes Network Systems’ Rick Lober and Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch discussed the various system-level approaches to mobility services for the military in a panel discussion at Satellite 2015, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat senior vice president of government policy and strategy, said she believes mobility needs to be seen as a ubiquitous […] More