Members review new satellite capabilities and potential challenges.
Spain and Luxembourg joined the U.S., France, Italy, and the U.K. as new providers of military satellite communications to NATO. Leaders from the six nations gathered outside of Washington, D.C., this week to update the memorandum of understanding that lays out the framework for international operations and safety procedures.
“These are at varying levels of protection,” said Brian Hughes, the collective’s current Joint Services management office leader in the international affairs office of the U.S. Space Systems Command. “It’s all military satellite communications, which means that it has resistance to nuclear effects and has resistance to jamming capabilities that commercial services generally don’t have.”
The officials also reviewed the current performance of their satellite services as well as potential challenges facing the program.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For U.S. Space Systems Command officials as they cooperate on military satellite communication systems.
- For U.S. and allied officials to be discerning as they collaborate on NATO agreements.
Sources: Department of Defense
