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11 May 2021 | Alan Burkitt-Gray OneWeb is to buy US military satellite specialist TrustComm to give it a way into US government and military contracts.
TrustComm, based in Texas, is officially a commercial satellite communications provider but it notes that it is the only one in the US “with its own network infrastructure and 24/7 managed services operations center located on a secure military base” (pictured).
OneWeb said it will offer the US Department of Defense and other government clients “a new suite of services with network speeds up to 195Mbps, lower latency, smaller and more compact multi-orbit user terminals and built-in network management tools”.