Airbus Preparing To Build Team For Future UK Skynet Satellite Bid

Artist's concept of Skynet 5.

Credit: U.S. Navy
RAF FAIRFORD, England—Airbus has begun building a team that will compete to produce the next generation of satellites for the UK’s Skynet communications network. The UK’s emerging Skynet Enduring Capability (SKEC) is set to call on industry to produce a constellation of wideband and narrowband...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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