Department of Defense Enhances Global Reach with SES WORLD SKIES

29 March 2010

Leveraging its advanced teleport and a long-term alliance with DRS Technical Services, SES WORLD SKIES, announced it is hosting a new, mission-critical Department of Defense communications node near the nation’s capital.

By installing a Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) connection point at SES WORLD SKIES’ media port in Manassas, Virginia, the U.S. government has greatly enhanced its access to World Skies bandwidth and global connectivity. The advanced uplinking facility is a strategic communications crossroads with access to some of the most robust fiber and satellite networks, including the worldwide SES fleet and DRS Technical Services’ Global Communications Network (GCN).

DRS Technical Services, through its Global Enterprise Solutions business unit, is a primary communications services provider to the U.S. government, under the Defense Satellite Transmission Services – Global Procurement Program managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Together with SES WORLD SKIES, DRS enables a broad range of mission-critical applications that enable real-time collaboration between headquarters and field operations around the world.

“The installation of a communications node within our Virginia teleport gives the U.S. government easy access to powerful global connectivity options,” explained Robert Bednarek, President and CEO of SES WORLD SKIES. “While the Defense Information Systems Network carries the majority of U.S. government voice, video and data traffic, government agencies increasingly depend on SES WORLD SKIES and DRS Technical Services for anywhere to anywhere communications.”

“For nearly a decade, SES WORLD SKIES and DRS Technical Services have joined forces to meet the growing global demand for government and enterprise communications services,” said Jim Scott, Vice President and General Manager of Global Enterprise Solutions for DRS Technical Services. “The DISN installation at the SES WORLD SKIES facility, just minutes from DISA, The Pentagon, and other strategic Capitol-area locations, opens the door to a new level of network expandability in virtually every corner of the world.”