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Kratos Introduces the Satellite Industry’s First Open Edge Terminal for Satellite Communications and Other Applications
Virtualized software apps bring more power and flexibility to the edge by replacing dedicated hardware SAN DIEGO, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos
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[{"type":"text","content":"Virtualized software apps bring more power and flexibility to the edge by replacing dedicated hardware\nSAN DIEGO, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, released the first of its new OpenEdge™ products, the industry’s first open standards-based and software-enabled satellite terminals. Part of Kratos’ OpenSpace® Platform, OpenEdge is the first generally available family of satellite network edge devices employing a modern, software-defined approach for a range of communications, observation, sensing and TT&C uses. OpenEdge is the next step in Kratos’ ongoing effort to support the mainstreaming of satellite services by enabling satellite ground systems to operate seamlessly with today’s wireless and terrestrial networks. Until OpenEdge, satellite terminals─ the devices that end users employ at the far edge of a satellite ground network to transmit and receive data─ have been purpose-built hardware devices that seriously restrict functionality and flexibility at the network’s edge. OpenEdge disrupts these limitations by: employing virtualized software modems that can run on general purpose, off-the-shelf compute, andadding far more power and versatility by enabling additional apps to run at the network’s edge, fully orchestrated across service delivery Bringing Flexibility to the Network’s EdgeToday’s satellite terminals consist of purpose-built hardware components that are limited to performing a dedicated function, for example a satellite modem performing modulation/demodulation functions. OpenEdge uses a different model for operating at the edge, one that employs standards already widely adopted across the larger global telecommunications industry to expand terminal functions and make them more flexible. These standards are what enable mobile devices such as smartphones to support roaming, use cloud-based functions, interoperate with other networks and do much more. While satellites present a more complex technology challenge, the goal of OpenSpace and OpenEdge is to help satellite operators make their services as mainstream as cellular communications and to capitalize on new services such as 5G. “OpenEdge satellite terminals extend the dynamic operations of the OpenSpace Platform beyond the core and gateway out to the network’...