Damian thanked the team at Airbus for talking him through the Skynet operations at SGS Oakhanger, and also the servicemen of 21 and 30 Signal Regiments for explaining the field kit.
the UK's Skynet military satellite communications system, built by Airbus, is nuclear hardened and equipped with anti-jamming countermeasures. It will support the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment to the Indo-Pacific through the Skynet 5A satellite, which was moved 67,000 kilometres from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific region, supporting future deployments and providing more capability for our allies.
The soldiers were being trained to use rugged Reacher terminals, which are capable of connecting to Skynet in the field.
