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Hughes will serve as the prime contractor, leading adaptation, integration, testing and management for the demonstration. Intellian will provide user terminals that can connect to the OneWeb network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis opportunity reinforces the relationship between Hughes and the U.S. Air Force to ensure resilient, flexible SATCOM networks for tactical, multi-domain operations,\u201d said Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of the Defense and Intelligence Systems Division at Hughes. \u201cWe look forward to partnering with OneWeb to bring LEO innovation into the military SATCOM enterprise, especially in the strategic Arctic region where connectivity has been limited \u2014 until now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hughes declined to reveal the value of the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like SpaceX\u2019s Starlink, OneWeb was initially touted as a commercial broadband alternative, providing internet access with a proliferated constellation of hundreds of satellites in low-Earth orbit. While both are continuing to build out their constellations, they\u2019ve found a new customer: the Pentagon. The Department of Defense wants to use the new low-latency networks to connect its distributed sensors to its shooters, and has conducted a number of experiments to see if that\u2019s feasible. In December 2019, the Air Force was able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2020\/01\/22\/the-us-air-force-tested-its-advanced-battle-management-system-heres-what-worked-and-what-didnt\/\">pass data from an AC-130 gunship<\/a> using Starlink, and the U.S. Army used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2020\/10\/12\/us-army-uses-satellites-to-affect-the-state-of-the-battlefield\/\">commercial LEO constellations to pass targeting data<\/a> developed from satellite imagery to a demonstration battlefield at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, during its Project Convergence 2020 exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also sparked interest from U.S. Northern Command, where leaders say the new LEO constellations could close the Arctic communications gap. The U.S. Space Force\u2019s primary satellite communications system, Wideband Global SATCOM, does not provide polar coverage. And while the Space Force does operate two Enhanced Polar System satellites for Arctic coverage, those satellites serve as compliments to the Advanced Extremely High Frequency constellation for nuclear-survivable high-priority military communications. It is not intended to serve as the Arctic alternative Wideband Global SATCOM. Traditional commercial satellites\u2019 availability is also limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVery simple things become hard when you\u2019re in the Arctic, not the least of which is communication. When you are above about 65 degrees north, satellite communication starts to diminish, and above about 70 degrees north it becomes extremely limited except for some of our more exquisite capability \u2014 submarines, for example,\u201d U.S. Northern Command spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/smr\/frozen-pathways\/2020\/05\/11\/spacex-could-fill-the-us-militarys-arctic-communications-gap-by-the-end-of-this-year\/\">Maj. Mark Lazane told C4ISRNET last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConnection capabilities [in the Arctic] are limited and lack resiliency. We\u2019re challenged in areas from basic point-to-point connections to communication with our distributed sensors,\u201d Lazane said. \u201cHaving a reliable broadband communications capability for Arctic operations is the top unfunded priority of USNORTHCOM. With the increase of great power competition in the Arctic, there is a need for additional communications capability and capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, USNORTHCOM asked Congress for $130 million to explore using OneWeb\u2019s and SpaceX\u2019s new constellations for Arctic communications, listing that endeavor as the command\u2019s No. 1 unfunded priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now through AFRL, the military will begin experimenting with OneWeb\u2019s constellation in the Arctic. 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