Broadband satellite solutions provider Hughes Network Systems and Thales Defense & Security have successfully tested a rapidly deployable Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile networking solution via satellite. The solution leverages the combination of Hughes SPACEWAY® 3 and JUPITER™ high-throughput technologies, connecting with the Thales B-14 system-on-wheels. 

According to the company, this robust and private network solution can be deployed virtually anywhere, making it ideal for emergency response networks such as FirstNet, the nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network.

Hughes and Thales conducted situational testing operating on the 700 MHz public safety spectrum to validate the solution’s performance and interoperability with public safety network requirements. Using readily available smartphones and vehicular modems, first responders are able to easily communicate and share video with each other and EOCs via this local deployable broadband network.

Previously, Hughes successfully tested its satellite solutions for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) backhaul for two Cabinet-level agencies and in multiple states, including Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety.