The former head of DRS GES David Fields is now president and CEO of SES Space & Defense.
SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has announced that it will begin operating under the new name SES Space & Defense, effective immediately.
The name change comes after combining SES Government Solutions with the recently acquired DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (DRS GES). The SES Space & Defense brand reflects the organisations new positioning and expanded offering serving the needs of the US Government customers.
Over the past four months, SES Space & Defense saw the appointment of its new leadership team, as well as the integration of capabilities that reflect the newly combined organisation and differentiated value proposition. The company is focused on building, managing and supporting the most advanced satellite network solutions for the US Government and Department of Defense (DoD). SES Space & Defense has been restructured to serve its customers across two integral markets – space and defence by creating two business units, Space Initiatives and Defense Networks, to provide best-in-class satellite network solutions.
The Space Initiatives unit targets fleet-centric projects leveraging SES’s global multi-orbit satellite fleet, infrastructure, and assets. The Defense Networks unit is centred on multi-operator managed services and end-to-end mission-critical communications.
SES Space & Defenses customers will benefit from new integration capabilities with the addition of the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Ecosystem and ICT Portal which provides a single pane glass view into network performance, as well as essential tools in cybersecurity.
SES Space & Defense President and CEO David Fields said: This is a major milestone for us, and more importantly for our US DoD customers. In August we consolidated two best-in-class organisations focused on the US Government satellite communications needs, and we remain fully committed to providing innovative world-class space solutions to our most tactical customers. With SES Space & Defense as our new name, we would like our strategic vision and focus to come through brightly.
