U.S. military rebounding as a commercial satellite customer

摘要

The sighting of a nightingale is no proof that spring has arrived. But what about four of them? Satellite fleet operators Inmarsat, Intelsat, SES and Eutelsat all say the long-awaited rebound in U.S. government (translation: mainly the U.S. Department of Defense) demand for bandwidth now looks to be underway. There's nothing dramatic so far, and the numbers for these companies' most recent financial quarters still show figures that are mediocre at best. But backlog is building, and in the current market for satellite bandwidth sales, any hint of a recovery is a good thing.