{"id":55644,"date":"2022-04-02T01:53:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/manufacturers-reflect-on-supply-chain-issues-and-the-software-defined-future\/"},"modified":"2022-04-02T01:53:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:53:27","slug":"manufacturers-reflect-on-supply-chain-issues-and-the-software-defined-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/manufacturers-reflect-on-supply-chain-issues-and-the-software-defined-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturers Reflect on Supply Chain Issues and the Software-Defined Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After emerging from pandemic-induced supply chain crises, satellite manufacturers are turning to software-defined satellites to open the possibility of new business models and glean more data about performance, the CEOs of several manufacturers said during SATELLITE 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery supplier had different issues and different challenges that they were trying to overcome,\u201d said Lisa Callahan, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin\u2019s Commercial Civil Space Division. \u201cWe tried to work with them individually to determine how best to support them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DAvuTaMbTT2SzvXDdz6p_VS_ShowDaily20202220DGTL_Wrap20Up-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DAvuTaMbTT2SzvXDdz6p_VS_ShowDaily20202220DGTL_Wrap20Up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DAvuTaMbTT2SzvXDdz6p_VS_ShowDaily20202220DGTL_Wrap20Up-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DAvuTaMbTT2SzvXDdz6p_VS_ShowDaily20202220DGTL_Wrap20Up-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DAvuTaMbTT2SzvXDdz6p_VS_ShowDaily20202220DGTL_Wrap20Up.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2022 Wrap Up Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the pandemic, for instance, some could not source PPE for their employees, and Lockheed helped them. Others needed more assistance: \u201cIn some cases that was funding to keep them solvent, so we were advancing them several million dollars to try to keep some of them solvent that were having issues,\u201d Callahan told the panel, \u201cScaling Up Satellite Manufacturing Capabilities,\u201d on March 22. <\/p>\n<p>There were distinctive phases to the supply chain crisis, according to Dirk Wallinger, CEO of York Space Systems. \u201cThere was an initial phase where it was everyone for themselves. The reality is that you\u2019re trying to buy products for yourself from competitors. Obviously some lessons were learned from that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In phase two, there was a more cooperative approach, Wallinger said, at least among U.S. military and government suppliers. \u201cWe have the U.S. government as a customer. Our competitors have the U.S. government as a customer. So, what we ended up doing [in phase two] was a little bit of borrow\/payback. There were actually some instances where we worked, even with competitors, or we would share some materials that they needed to keep going and they would do the same for us and return that favor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6d39c817af3;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6d39c817af3 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6d39c817af5').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6d39c817af5'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Currently, he added, the focus is on sourcing as much of the supply chain as possible within the U.S. \u201cNow we\u2019re focused on trying to build that U.S. supply chain up. The supply chain became very global before [the pandemic], which worked great at the time, but in an everyone for themselves environment, that turned out to be more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning to the issue of software-defined satellites, Ryan Reid, president of Boeing Commercial Satellite Systems International, pointed out that there is no standard definition of the term in the industry. \u201cIt\u2019s interesting that those words mean so many things to different people. Everyone has a software-defined thing and everything is different,\u201d he joked. <\/p>\n<p>For Boeing, he said, the threshold question is \u2014 \u201cCan [a software-defined satellite] be operated in the way that a software-defined network is operated? Can it be seamlessly integrated with that network, or does it have to be managed, like a separate bespoke hardware asset?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Under this definition, he added, software-defined satellites are the key to ubiquitous connectivity, and integrated infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Herv\u00e9 Derrey, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, said software-defined satellites give customers the ability to make decisions about configuration much later on in the procurement process.<\/p>\n<p>Software-defined satellites can also be updated while in orbit, which opens a lot of possibilities for new business models, pointed out Wallinger, and allows customers to keep up with the tech refresh cycle. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver that time, there\u2019s significant technology advancements that have been made in that amount of time. So the consumer is going to want to refresh that,\u201d he said. \u201cService stations for cars were very much a thing when people kept their cars for 20 or 30 years. They don\u2019t do that anymore. They lease, they return them, they get the next model. I see that as the future for our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Software-defined satellites also allow manufacturers more visibility into their products\u2019 operations, Callahan pointed out. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a number of opportunities where we\u2019re actually pulling data off of our satellites [and using artificial intelligence and machine learning] to understand their life beyond how much fuel they have left. We can look at how we can reprogram that application for customers in the future, and really understand when that satellite might fail, or what components are likely to fail.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 455:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/D4SMJ81ETleJWa3967tX_JLcSB4smSV2swxJNcwod_VS_ShowDaily20202220DGTL_Image-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/D4SMJ81ETleJWa3967tX_JLcSB4smSV2swxJNcwod_VS_ShowDaily20202220DGTL_Image-300x225.jpg 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/94Ve5l7GR8CWNHGhUtNM_Launch-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/94Ve5l7GR8CWNHGhUtNM_Launch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/94Ve5l7GR8CWNHGhUtNM_Launch-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/94Ve5l7GR8CWNHGhUtNM_Launch-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/94Ve5l7GR8CWNHGhUtNM_Launch.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tMajor Launchers Look Toward the \u2018New Era\u2019 of Space Launch<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 456:  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