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\nCol. Andrew Weate, chief architecture and analysis division, U.S. Department of Defense executive agent for space staff speaking at HTS roundtable<\/em> in Washington D.C.
\nImage credit: Steve Schuster\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-13] High Throughput Satellites have been making headlines in the mainstream media recently and are positioned to be a real \u201cgame changer\u201d serving the military and end users, said David Hartshorn, secretary general of GVF <\/b>during a HTS roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C. May 22. Large corporations are taking notice and Hartshorn specifically mentioned Google <\/b>and Kymeta<\/b> as investors of next-generation HTS services.
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\n     \u201cThere\u2019s a new cast of characters at a very high level who have seen a new level of relevance in satellites,\u201d Hartshorn said.
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\n     One of the key panels at the event looked at how HTS would impact the military and defense sector. Kathryn Martin, who worked for the U.S. Department of State\u2019s<\/b> communications policy office in 1990s and now serves as director of Access Partnership<\/b>, said she\u2019s optimistic about the future of HTS. \u201cThere has been a lot of good discussion at the international level \u2026 about how to help support user needs,\u201d Martin said. And those users come from a variety of sectors, according to Wayne Marhefka, senior U.S. DoD<\/b> business development director with Hughes.<\/b> He said there are a wide variety of market opportunities from retail and broadcast to government. \u201cMany government agencies [and] military, emergency response, custom and border protection,\u201d would be interested in HTS, Marhefka said.
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\n    But as past precedent has demonstrated, advances in technology can create other concerns, such as regulation. John Guidon, chief technology officer, Row44<\/b> said that too much regulation has been a problem in the past. \u201cWhat we came to discover was that there was a plethora of regional CIA<\/b> and regional communications authorities around the world. \u2026 It\u2019s a highly regulated industry,\u201d he said.
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\n    But according to several panelists, HTS will give operators and end users more flexibility ranging from how bandwidth is priced to coverage, and even regarding regulatory affairs.
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\n     As coverage needs increase and demand for services rise, the U.S. military hopes to reap the benefits from HTS. \u201cWe have a continually growing appetite for information and data flow,\u201d said Col. Andrew Weate, chief, architecture and analysis division, U.S. DoD executive agent for space staff. Specifically Weate said the U.S. military\u2019s \u201ccommunications backbone is one of our key enablers for defense operations. Information at that tactical edge provides the key enabling capability for seeing, knowing and acting in joint operations.\u201d
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\n     In addition to the regular training and strategic links that connect nodes around the world, contingency operations create even greater challenges for the U.S. military, Weate said. \u201cWhen we employ forces for the away game \u2026 it is hard to predict. We can\u2019t tell you right now where we will need that communication next year, or even five to 10 years from now, nor can we tell you the entire capacity that we are going to need,\u201d he said.
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\n     But HTS will likely provide an opportunity for the U.S. military to comply with \u201ca full spectrum of service requirements\u201d varying from voice and data services to video, \u201call across multiple echelons of classified networks,\u201d Weate said. \u201cFrom a military perspective we\u2019re looking for capacity and coverage. HTS provide a nice opportunity for both of those.\u201d
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\n      Col Patrick Rayermann who is retired from the U.S. Army and now works in business development for Astrium Services Government<\/b> said applications are plentiful and are now a necessity. \u201cConsumers perceive they want it now, but in many cases military customers really do need it now. It may save lives. It certainly will make the difference between mission success and mission failure,\u201d Rayermann said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\nU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton using VSee video conferencing technology in the Middle East as demonstrated at the HTS roundtable.<\/i>
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     In the same light of saving lives, one of the final panels of the event looked at what impact HTS could have on a particular vertical: telemedicine. When a child in a remote part of Africa suffers from heart disease, a rare medical condition, or even needs a tooth extracted, his or her doctor may actually be reading the MRI or X-ray from Children\u2019s National Medical Center<\/strong> in Washington D.C. or perhaps even from a remote location on an entirely different continent using video conferencing technology.
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\n     This technology would not be available but for the use of satellites. And in the wake of the advancement of HTS, doctors are able to provide better care for their patients, according to Craig Sable, medical director of telemedicine at Children\u2019s Hospital in Washington D.C. 
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\n    Sable was one of several panelists who discussed the cutting-edge tools now available to the health care sector. He said he spends an hour a week reviewing telemedicine patients cases and has been doing so for more than a decade overall both in his office and via a webcam. Just one day prior to the roundtable discussion on May 22, he said telemedicine saved a baby\u2019s life in Morocco.
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\n     \u201cWe helped plan a surgery. Patients live who would have otherwise died, [thanks to] technology like this,\u201d Sable said. The experience also serves as training for other doctors. \u201cUsually there are 20 people in the room observing,\u201d he added.
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\n     Armed with statistics, Sable said the average age of his patient is only 4.8 years old and in 2011-2012 the program had 170 cases with 139 patients.
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\n   And, according to the Global Health Workforce Alliance, there is a global shortage of 4.2 million health care workers, with 1.5 million needed in Africa alone. Sable said satellite technology could help bridge that gap while serving as a financial boon to satellite providers.<\/p>\n

Follow Steve Schuster on Twitter @stevenschuster<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

 
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