{"id":50095,"date":"2024-11-27T23:11:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/airbus-to-provide-uk-mod-with-modems-for-skynet-milsatcom\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T23:11:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:11:13","slug":"airbus-to-provide-uk-mod-with-modems-for-skynet-milsatcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/airbus-to-provide-uk-mod-with-modems-for-skynet-milsatcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus to Provide UK MoD With Modems for Skynet Milsatcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><b>Airbus<\/b> has signed a contract with the United Kingdom\u2019s <strong>Ministry of Defence<\/strong> to provide the next-generation modems for the nation\u2019s Skynet satellite communications constellation.<\/p>\n<p>Airbus is building the Skynet 6A satellite for the MoD under a 500 million pound contract announced in 2020. Skynet is a milsatcom system for the MoD that provides beyond line of sight communications to the U.K. military.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new modems are part of the Future Protected Modem Type A project. They will replace the current Paradigm Modem System, support the Skynet 5 satellites and the upcoming Skynet 6A satellite. The Future Protected Modem-A is due to enter service in 2026. Airbus said the FPMA Modem advanced software-defined radio system hosts multiple waveforms and delivers secure internet protocol (IP) on all commonly used frequency bands including X-band.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Airbus Defence Digital Commercial Director Victoria Cope said this contract is an integral part the segment\u2019s enterprise space category pipeline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis capability allows Airbus to continue to play a critical role in the provision of safe, secure, resilient and sovereign satellite communications capability for the U.K., especially relevant in the current dynamic operating environment,\u201d commented Richard Budd, vice president Space Digital Secure Connectivity for UK, US, and Asia. \u201cIn particular, the FPMA modem enables capability evolution in response to more sophisticated threats and will do so at sea and on the ground. It\u2019s a fundamental step towards secure multi-domain operations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airbus has signed a contract with the United Kingdom\u2019s Ministry of Defence to provide the next-generation modems for the nation\u2019s Skynet satellite communications constellation. Airbus is building the Skynet 6A satellite for the MoD under a 500 million pound contract announced in 2020. Skynet is a milsatcom system for the MoD that provides beyond line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50096,"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":[],"class_list":["post-50095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50095"}],"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=50095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}