SES Space & Defense to Provide Hybrid Space-Based Architecture to U.S. Department of Defense

SES Space & Defense to Provide Hybrid Space-Based Architecture to U.S. Department of Defense

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2025-

Accelerating the path for commercial space integration (and implementation) remains a DoD and national security priority

Last year’s release of both the Department of Defense (DoD) “Commercial Space Integration Strategy” and the United States Space Force (USSF) “Commercial Space Strategy,” marked, for the first time, the […] The post Accelerating the path for commercial space integration (and implementation) remains a DoD and national security priority appeared first on SpaceNews.

SIMON Hybrid Architecture Delivered to DoD

SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, joins the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture Network initiative. “This transformational approach solves a decades-long dichotomy of affordability versus resilience." David Fields, SES Space & DefenseSES’s Hybrid Space Architecture II project will showcase an automatically orchestrated secure integrated multi-orbit network that interconnects commercial and government ne…

Revolutionizing Military Communications: The Launch of a Hybrid Space Network

The U.S. military has taken a significant step forward in enhancing its communication capabilities with the launch of the Hybrid Space Communications Network. This innovative project, spearheaded by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), aims to integrate commercial and military space technologies to provide secure and resilient communications for military operations. Key Takeaways The Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) project integrates civil, comme…

DIU Awards 14 Companies Hybrid Space Architecture Contracts

DIU tapped 14 more companies to help troops tap into commercial networks for quicker access to data collected in orbit, the unit announced Monday. Meet the HSA: The Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA), which was established in 2022, aims to bridge military and commercial space assets and to speed up how quickly troops can access data—while also maintaining critical cybersecurity requirements. HSA is part of the DoD’s push on tactically responsive sp…