{"id":47045,"date":"2026-04-30T17:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/lite-coms-usg-sales-director-george-cerasani-talks-network-resiliency-at-modern-day-marine\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:41:29","slug":"lite-coms-usg-sales-director-george-cerasani-talks-network-resiliency-at-modern-day-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/lite-coms-usg-sales-director-george-cerasani-talks-network-resiliency-at-modern-day-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"Lite Coms USG Sales Director George Cerasani Talks Network Resiliency at Modern Day Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this conversation at Modern Day Marine, Lite Coms<\/strong> U.S. Government Sales Director George Cerasani discusses how Lite Coms designs its products to provide tactical, multi-orbit connectivity in order to give U.S. government customers like the Marines the ability to operate across multiple satcom networks. <\/p>\n

Via Satellite<\/em> Executive Editor Jeffrey Hill interviews Cerasani about some of the company\u2019s products, including its CART terminal architecture. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to have resiliency in your network,\u201d Cerasani says. \u201cWe need some LEO, some GEO, some LTE. We need a little bit of everything in case you\u2019re going against a near-peer threat and things happen on certain networks and you have to switch over.\u201d <\/p>\n

This conversation was sponsored by Lite Coms <\/em><\/p>\n

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Interview transcript <\/em><\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> Hello everybody. This is Jeffrey Hill from Via Satellite Magazine and I\u2019m here at Modern Day Marine in Lite Com\u2019s booth with George Cerasani from Lite Coms. George, good to see you.<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> Good to see you.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> Welcome. How\u2019s the show been going for you so far?<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> It\u2019s been great this year. It\u2019s been very busy. A lot of foot traffic, a lot of people stopping by asking about our equipment.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> Yeah. Lots of excitement here. I can already tell. I can see even on the last day there\u2019s a lot of people taking a look at all the products here.<\/p>\n

But we are here in front of your multi-orbit 1.3A terminal. And we also have some of your CART minis, your infrastructure \u2013 we\u2019re going to talk about in a bit.<\/p>\n

I wanted to ask you uh with Lite Com\u2019s 1.3 terminal, what kind of operational advantages do you\u2014does the terminal provide? This is a multi-orbit terminal, so what advantages would that provide to war fighter in operations?<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> Yeah, so the Lite Sat 1.3 is is very unique. It\u2019s multi-orbit. It does MEO, GEO and HEO, so the highly elliptical orbit. It\u2019s certified on multiple different constellations, and the pack out is extremely small. Three cases, it can be airline checkable, which makes it awesome for a logistic standpoint. So that\u2019s our huge advantage of it right now.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> Yeah. I heard people earlier talking to you, asking if it was compatible with different constellations, and you said like it was it was compatible with a lot of different.<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> Yep.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> Yeah. Yeah. There\u2019s been a lot of talk here about the sort of, you know, Marines on the move on, comm\u2019s on the move, which is no surprise for a military show. But can you tell us from your perspective how you expect those requirements for true comms on the move for the Marines to evolve over the next few years?<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> Yeah, so from my perspective, you know, the NATAM program specifically, the network on the move, has had a small parabolic antenna inside their vehicle. And I think a lot of things are switching to a flat panel system. So electronically steer to raid, and they\u2019re looking for multi-orbit and then frequency, you know, the spectrum. They want to operate on different bands, and that\u2019s really what we offer. We have a KU and a KA terminal that are certified on different networks. Multiple LEO platforms, which is awesome, because no one else really does that. And I think that\u2019s where it\u2019s all going to, right? Because we need to stay connected, you know, as you maneuver the battle space.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> And do you still have people\u2014 I\u2019m just curious if you still have people asking like why multi-orbit or why single orbit? Like, do you still have people and how do you answer that question?<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> You know, I think it used to be a common question, but now it\u2019s just kind of a standard practice, right? That\u2019s great to hear.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> That\u2019s great to hear.<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> Yeah, Like you need to have resiliency in your network, right? So, we need some LEO, some GEO, some LTE. We need a little bit of everything just in case you\u2019re going against a near-peer threat, and you know things happen on certain networks, and you have to switch over. And that\u2019s what kind of makes us unique, right? Like you can generate a pace plan inside of our terminal, so your primary alternate, you know, networks and it\u2019ll switch between them as you know something becomes compromised or it\u2019s no longer connected, and it\u2019ll just switch automatically. Awesome for the war fighter.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> That\u2019s great to hear. You\u2019ve got this really cool Polaris vehicle on display, and on top of that, we have a CART mini. Can you talk about your new CART infrastructure and how that works with your network?<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> Yeah. So the CART mini KU we\u2019re, you know, we can do multiple LEO networks, right? So, we can do one web or SpaceX network. Then GEO, it\u2019ll do GEO and LTE, and it has an option for a modem hookup on the back, right? So, you can hook up an external third modem, which is awesome. Then we have our KA cart, which is our newest product. So that\u2019ll be GEO and LEO and MEO as well for the Empower network, which makes it awesome. An automatic filler between the three. So, makes it really unique.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> Yeah, that\u2019s great. That\u2019s great. And you know what are some of the next big steps here for Lite Coms in the next year? Are you just \u2014what do your customers have to look forward to?<\/p>\n

Cerasani:<\/b> Yeah, so they\u2019re looking forward to our CART combined or KUK cart combined, and really that\u2019s what we\u2019re focused on, right? So, give them the advantage of KUKA in one single platform is our next step.<\/p>\n

Hill:<\/b> That\u2019s awesome. Well, George, thank you so much for explaining all this to me. It looks really cool. The booth looks great and we\u2019re glad that you\u2019re having a great show here.<\/p>\n

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