Dan Losada, Senior Director, Defense and Intelligence Systems Division Photo courtesy MilsatMagazine's Command Center

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) today announced that Dan Losada, Senior Director, Defense and Intelligence Systems Division, will speak at the Satellite Industry Association’s (SIA) 2012 Naval & Maritime Commercial Users Workshop. Hughes is recognized as a major contributor in broadband satellite solutions and services, and a leading provider of managed network and application services.

Mr. Losada will join satellite industry executives on a workshop panel entitled: “Terminal Technology Developments: COTM on the Horizon,” moderated by USCG - Lt Jonathan Petie, Commercial Satellite Communications Systems Asset Manager (CG-642), U.S. Coast Guard. The workshop transpires on Wednesday, January 25, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California.

Mr. Losada, will discuss how the commercial satellite industry can help the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Marines meet their growing and critical satellite communications-on-the-move (COTM) requirements. He will discuss options for military and homeland defense needs in theater and at home, changes in terminal technologies, and future trends in COTM.

Hughes tactical SATCOM solutions deliver affordable, end-to-end IP data connectivity globally, supporting land mobile, maritime, and airborne network-centric communications, and are compliant with government security standards for interoperability among Coalition forces.

Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes operates sales and support offices worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), a premier global provider of satellite operations and digital TV solutions.