Satellite 2019 — Free Pass to Meet Us There

Radeus Labs has secured new multi-year contracts extending its engineering and sustainment support for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) ground control station (GCS) programs through 2029.

The contracts continue a 25-year partnership between Radeus Labs and GA-ASI. During that time, Radeus Labs’ digital flight recorder and mission computing systems have been integrated into GA-ASI ground control stations supporting a range of unmanned aircraft platforms used by military and government customers in the United States and abroad.

For over a year, memory has been the tightest link in the supply chain for anyone building serious compute. DRAM and NAND prices have climbed beyond forecasts, and manufacturers are being more selective than ever about who gets product and when.

Jake Box has a front-row seat to the market. As Kingston Technology’s West Coast Field Sales Manager for system integrators, he works primarily with builders of AI servers, government systems, and gaming rigs. We spoke with him about what is driving the crunch, how Kingston manages allocation, and why this cycle differs from those before it.

A satellite move comes through, and the new one runs a different polarization than the last. In a lot of teleports, that still means what it's always meant: someone drives out, gets up on the antenna deck or the feed boom, throws the switch by hand, and drives back, hoping nothing else needs attention before the next pass. If the site is unattended, it means someone books a flight instead.