Future networks must be simple and intuitive, have open interfaces, be bearer agnostic, and contain the required features to ensure a secure and reliable connection to enable joint interoperable mission applications.
According to the US Army’s Modernization Strategy, “The modernization of Army network technologies is necessary to command and control forces distributed across vast terrain, converge effects from multiple domains, and maintain a common situational understanding in MDO.”
These networks must also handle the complexities of various technologies, connectivity, and security options. This webinar will explore the capability gaps of the Integrated Tactical Network as it relates to high resiliency, capacity and ease of use.
This webinar originally aired on October 13, 2020.
At Viasat, we’re on a mission to connect every warfighter, platform, and node in the battlespace. As a global communications company, we power millions of fast, resilient connections for military forces around the world–connections that have the capacity to transform the mission–in the air, on the ground, and at sea. Our customers depend on us for connectivity that brings greater operational capabilities. We’re a team of fearless innovators, driven to redefine what’s possible. And we’re not done–we’re just beginning.
Phil Mar is Vice President/Chief Technical Officer for Government Systems at Viasat.
Mr. Mar is responsible for managing the cybersecurity business division, cyber technology development and strategy for all of Viasat, as well as overseeing overall information assurance and cybersecurity for many of the company’s satellite systems.
He has been with Viasat for more than 28 years. As an expert on both systems architecture and security design, he has led the design of a variety of satellite and wireless communications systems, and secure network systems.
Mr. Mar has a BSEE and MSEE specialized in secure communications.
Robert joined Viasat in May 2008 as Assistant General Counsel. In April 2009, Robert was appointed Associate General Counsel, in 2014 he was appointed Vice President and Deputy General Counsel and in May 2017, Robert assumed his current position as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
Robert has served as a director of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation since 2015. Prior to joining Viasat, Robert was an associate at the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP.
Robert holds a J.D. degree from Stanford University and A.B. degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Policy Studies from Syracuse University.
David Schmolke is a Director in our Advanced Networking business within Viasat Government Systems.
Mr. Schmolke is responsible for managing our next generation tactical networking and cybersecurity portfolio, including strategic, business, product and support activities. He has been with the company for over 21 years, where he has worked as digital hardware and programmable logic designer for a number of communications and high assurance network products. As Project Engineer and Program Manager, Mr. Schmolke managed large multi-disciplined developments and certifications of next generation encryption products, including the industry’s lowest-SWaP fully programmable crypto. As Business Area Manager for Viasat’s embedded crypto products, Mr. Schmolke lead a team of over 50 program managers, system engineers and developers, including leading multiple business development activities, growing his business by over 4x and driving into new segments.
Mr. Schmolke has a BSEE from the University of California at San Diego.
Ms. Chérie A. Smith, Senior Executive Service (SES), was assigned to the position of Acting Program Executive Officer Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in January 2018, having served as the Deputy PEO since October 2017. As the PEO, she is responsible for program management of more than 60 Department of Defense and Army acquisition programs across the business, warfighting and enterprise information environment mission areas. Ms. Smith’s responsibilities include five major Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) efforts representing a projected Army investment of $8 billion over their lifecycles. The PEO EIS organization consists of more than 1,535 military, civilian and contractor staff around the world in 15 countries, and executes approximately $3 billion per year.
As Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, CommunicationsTactical (PEO C3T), Major General David G. Bassett guides a workforce of more than 1,600 personnel who acquire, field and support the communications networks, radios, satellite systems and other hardware and software Soldiers require for information dominance on the battlefield. MG Bassett took command of PEO C3T on January 30, 2018.
Poole is the seventh Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). As deputy director of NGA, he assists the director in leading the agency and managing the day to day operations of NGA and the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence. He became the deputy director on Aug. 10, 2017, after more than 26 years of service with NGA and its predecessor organizations.
Mr. Poole previously served concurrently as NGA’s Content Portfolio Manager and the Director of Source, responsible for creating, collecting, and brokering authoritative GEOINT content and services to support national security priorities.