The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) plays a crucial role in space as a key enabler for defense operations, now recognized as an operational domain. Through the UK Space Command, the MOD delivers space operations, develops space capabilities, and grows the defense space workforce. It oversees programs like Skynet for satellite communications and invests in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, working with partners such as the UK Space Agency and international allies, including the US, to protect UK interests in space.
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Viasat UK Ltd. provides security and communications expertise to deliver sovereign technologies to the UK defence and civilian markets.
BT has more than 20 years of experience under the UK MOD’s Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) contract providing highly secure, resilient connectivity and voice, data and video conferencing services to 2,000 MOD sites in the UK and overseas.
Viasat UK Ltd provides security and communications expertise to deliver sovereign technologies to the UK defence and civilian markets.
The UK MOD launched the SDW competition on 5 November 2019 in support of the Skynet 6 programme.
As part of the UK MOD’s Integrated User Services (IUS) contract, BT provides fixed and mobile voice services to hundreds of thousands of military personnel in the UK and globally.
The SDW programme will replace the current Skynet 5 contract that is scheduled to deliver SATCOM services to the UK MOD until August 2022.
BT plc, NSSLGlobal Ltd and Viasat UK Ltd formed an alliance to deliver defence satellite communications (SATCOM) services and support modernisation of the UK defence and space sectors.
Cobbett Hill Earth Station is located 40.2 km from London on land previously used by the British Ministry of Defence.
The British Ministry of Defence is uncertain Skynet 6 will keep pace with rapidly developing commercial satellite technology.
The U.K. Ministry of Defence will award Airbus a sole-source contract for one Skynet-6A geostationary communications satellite.
Horsebridge Defence and Security developed relationships with the UK Armed Forces and supported a number of UK Ministry of Defence programmes.