{"id":2213,"date":"2026-01-02T09:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/kratos-announces-first-factory-test-of-epoch-c2-system-for-airbus-software-defined-satellite\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:24:26","slug":"kratos-announces-first-factory-test-of-epoch-c2-system-for-airbus-software-defined-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/kratos-announces-first-factory-test-of-epoch-c2-system-for-airbus-software-defined-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Kratos Announces First Factory Test of EPOCH C2 system for Airbus’ Software-Defined Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kratos<\/p>\n

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions<\/strong>, a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, announced the successful completion of factory acceptance testing between its EPOCH Command and Control (C2) software and Airbus\u2019 OneSat next-generation software-defined satellite platform.<\/p>\n

Unlike traditional fixed satellite systems, Airbus\u2019 OneSat software-defined satellite platform offers dynamic, in-orbit reconfiguration capabilities, dramatically enhancing mission flexibility. These advances, however, introduce new levels of complexity for the ground control systems that manage them.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: What are Software-Defined Satellites and Their Role in Next-Generation Flexible and Reconfigurable Spacecraft?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Addressing this need, Kratos added new capabilities to a recent release of the EPOCH C2 software to support the dynamic nature of the OneSat satellite platform. This included the ability to work in tandem with OneSat\u2019s highly dynamic configurations, frequent updates, and greater autonomy onboard the software-defined spacecraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis successful milestone reflects the close collaboration we\u2019ve established with Airbus in developing software-defined space capabilities,\u201d said Maurizio Scotta<\/strong>, President of Kratos Communications<\/strong>. “The flexibility of our EPOCH command and control system design and the experience of our personnel allows us to work with Airbus to unlock the full potential of the OneSat Platform \u2014 enabling greater flexibility, faster reconfiguration, and smarter operations for our mutual customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The factory acceptance test demonstrated the compatibility of EPOCH\u2019s C2 system with Airbus\u2019 OneSat Platform. During this process, Kratos and Airbus engineers verified that the EPOCH system\u2019s hardware and software functioned as designed, could communicate with a simulated satellite, and met all safety and redundancy requirements. With all mission scenarios successfully tested, the system was accepted by Airbus, confirming its readiness for delivery and operational use.<\/p>\n

Elodie Viau<\/strong>, Senior Vice President of Telecommunication and Navigation for Airbus Defence and Space,<\/strong> said, \u201cThis achievement gives us full confidence in the reliability and performance of the EPOCH system that will operate our satellites in orbit. It\u2019s an important step forward as we prepare for launch and continue delivering innovative software-defined satellites to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kratos has been providing industry-leading satellite command and control systems to customers for over 20 years. This milestone demonstrates Kratos\u2019 advancements in the ground system to support software-defined satellites. Beyond command and control, Kratos has also developed new advanced ground capabilities for traffic planning, resource orchestration, and performance monitoring to support software-defined satellites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, announced the successful completion of factory acceptance testing between its EPOCH Command and Control (C2) software and Airbus\u2019 OneSat next-generation software-defined satellite platform. Unlike traditional fixed satellite systems, Airbus\u2019 OneSat software-defined satellite platform offers dynamic, in-orbit reconfiguration capabilities, dramatically enhancing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,26,20],"class_list":["post-2213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}