ABSTRACT
Governments around the world, including Australia, utilise commercial satellite services to meet their needs of a secure, resilient, and flexible network. With the advancements of commercial satcoms, how can modern governments extend their network sustainably with next-generation satcoms?
SES is putting in place a scalable multi-orbit satellite communications system that addresses current and future government requirements. The launch of O3b mPOWER, SES’s next-generation MEO satellite communications system builds on the proven capability of the current O3b MEO constellation. O3b mPOWER will massively expand our capability above our current throughput and coverage levels, allowing government users to keep pace with and fully exploit technology developments, for instance in sensors exploitation, and enable true multi-user cloud connectivity for force multiplication.
During this presentation, SES will share the system capabilities of O3b mPOWER and the applications it can enable for government networks, such as:
• Sovereign control • Sovereign asset positional information restrictions fulfilled • High performance: Low latency, high-throughput • Support of data fusion and complex sensor shooter tasking, in hostile theatres of operation, including hypersonic weapon response
BIOGRAPHY
Patrick Carroll, OBE, is currently based in Japan and looks after global government sales in Asia for SES.
Having lived in Asia for 38 years, he held a variety of management roles in the space, defence, and aviation sectors in the region. He was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for overseas services to British Industry.
During his work with the aviation industry, Patrick directly managed airlines operating Airbus and turboprops. Managed teams of over 300 employees in safety critical industries. He was also responsible for satellite equipment installations on over 300 B777/A330 aircraft. Patrick is a Chartered Engineer, an active Radio Engineer - Marconi trained, a Professional Pilot, and a Flight Instructor (Land/Sea).
He was a former Royal Naval Reserve Officer and has lived in Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Indonesia. He speaks multiple languages including Japanese (military interpreter) and Chinese.