The Ground Segment’s Digital Shift Moves from Education to Implementation By Kevin Dunne | December 13, 2024 FacebookXLinkedInPrintShare Via Satellite archive photo The satellite communications industry is going through a transformative period. The current shift towards virtualization and digitization is leading to innovation, and a whole host of emerging technologies are pushing the boundaries of what is [...]
To discuss the importance of DIFI-compliant apertures, advances and desired next steps across a range of developments October 09, 2024 10:31 ET| Source: DIFI ConsortiumFollow PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- William (Bill) Joo, Special Project Engineer for the U.S. Navy NAVWAR (formerly SPAWAR System Command) PEO C4I PMW/A 170 will give an important [...]
DIFI Elects New Board of Directors Germany Based WORK Microwave Elected to the Board of the Global Consortium for the First Time PISCATAWAY,NJ (September 25, 2024) – The fast-growing Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium (DIFI) has completed its annual election for its governing Board of Directors. Representatives from Swedish Space Corporation and Washington, DC based Genus [...]
Department of Army/AMC/CECOM/USAISEC Joins DIFI Membership The United States Army’s Information Systems Engineering Command group joins USA Navy, Space Force, NATO and other Government Agencies in growing ranks of DIFI Members seeking interoperability standards August 26, 2024 08:00 ET| Source: DIFI Consortium NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coming off a successful PlugFest [...]
Harwell UK event was global consortium’s first-ever test of ground segment interoperability in Europe Compliance rates for equipment tested to new standard over 90% according to the Digital Intermediate Frequency (IF) Interoperability Consortium New York, USA/Harwell, United Kingdom (30 July 2024) - UK Satellite Applications Catapult’s Harwell Campus was the site of the second PlugFest [...]
Harwell UK event is DIFI’s first-ever test of ground segment interoperability in Europe June 17-21, 2024 - UK Satellite Applications Catapult's Harwell Campus May 10, 2024 09:39 ET| PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UK Satellite Applications Catapult’s Harwell Campus will be the site of the second PlugFest of the Digital Intermediate [...]
It Ain't Standard Oil...It's the New Standards by Lou Zacharilla by Lou Zacharilla New York City, March 1, 2024--In 1910 the Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil Company of New Jersey guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions. The Court's remedy was to divide Standard [...]
Member Release: DEV Systemtechnik today announced that it has joined the DIFI Consortium, an independent space industry group formed to advance interoperability in satellite and ground system networks. DEV Systemtechnik joins a growing roster of leading organizations in the space industry coming together to form the Digital IF Interoperability Consortium. These organizations are contributing to [...]
DIFI Chairman Stuart Daughtridge Nominated for Satellite Executive of the Year Recognition of his leadership in advancing interoperability for the ground segment PISCATAWAY, NJ March 5, 2024: In February, Via Satellite magazine announced its nominees for the coveted Satellite Executive of the Year award and included among them Stuart Daughtridge, Chairman of the Digital [...]
New DIFI Working Group to Tackle Interoperability Challenges Threatening Flat-Panel Antennas’ Future Rapid innovation in electronically-steerable technology has come at the price of interoperability (PISCATAWAY, NJ: February 27, 2024) The Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium (DIFI) has established a new working group to focus on a fast-emerging challenge to advancements in ground segment technology. Electronically-steered [...]