[SatNews] A new division has been formed to provide solutions to those requiring tactical technologies...

Skyware Global has established the Tactical Ground Systems (TGS) division to enter the tactical satellite market. This division will exploit the company’s existing in-house antenna and RF electronics design capabilities – as well as its high-quality, high-volume production and low-cost credentials – to offer affordable solutions for fixed, motorized and mobile tactical terminals for Defense, Homeland Security, Intelligence, First Responder, Emergency Services and other government and stringent commercial applications. The TGS Group is rolling out a portfolio of products focusing on turnkey solutions for vehicle-mounted, FlyAway and ManPack platforms in sizes ranging from 45cm to 2.4m and operating at C-, X-, Ku- and Ka-bands.

The company has also appointed Ian Felkner as Senior Product Engineer for the TGS group. Mr. Felkner has more than 12 years’ experience in the defense/aerospace industry, comprising specialism in flight hardware and avionics, armored military amphibious assault vehicles, secure tactical military communications products and experimental UAV vehicles. He will work out of the company’s new engineering facility in Washington DC and report directly to Dr. David Geen, who has just been appointed Vice President of Tactical Ground Systems and will head up the new group alongside Mr. David C. McCourt, the CEO of the Company. Dr. Geen has more than 15 years’ experience in the design of communication systems for both terrestrial and satellite operations and has spent the past nine years managing the company’s development of VSAT, broadband and DTH antenna terminals.