The First Responder Network Authority has awarded AT&T (NYSE: T) a potential $6.5 billion contract to build a national public safety broadband network for first responders under a 25-year public-private partnership. AT&T will invest approximately $40 billion to develop, field and maintain the national wireless network over the next 25 y...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 22, 2017 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said partnerships between the government and commercial satellite communications industry will work to support the Defense Department‘s space resiliency efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Cowen-Hirsc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2017 ” Inmarsat has received recognition from the Mobile Satellite Users Association for the company’s Wideband Streaming L-band service during the Satellite 2017 Conference in Washington, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the WiSL service won the 2017 Mobili...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 27, 2017 ” Inmarsat will build satellite application programs for disaster relief, healthcare and sustainable fishing under a grant award from the U.K. space agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Wednesday the grant seeks to identify potential uses of satellite technology to address local commu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 15, 2017 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Inmarsat and GMV will support Australia’s geoscience research agency in a program that aims to develop a testbed that would demonstrate the potential applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems on positioning, navigation and timing, ExecutiveBiz re...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 24, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) and Inmarsat have been named among the key players in the U.S. government and military satellite industry by a new Frost & Sullivan report released by Research and Markets, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The “US Government and Military Satellit...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 30, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has stated that the government’s current satellite communications procurement model is fragmented and unable to address new complex demand, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 22. “The government should no longer fol...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 16, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, and Rick Lober, a VP and general manager at Hughes Network Systems, were among the executive speakers at the Satellite Industry Association™s Defense Department Commercial SATCOM Workshop, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. Cowen-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 5, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, believes the incoming U.S. administration will facilitate continued maturity of satellite service partnerships between the commercial and government sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported Tues...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 10, 2016 ” Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Inmarsat and Rick Lober of Hughes Network Systems have stated that commercial platforms could support the U.S. military’s broadband communications and satellite coverage needs, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 2. “The opportunity lies in engaging with commercia...
