Ben Wallace – 2020 Comments on Military Communications System

The text of the comments made by Ben Wallace, the Secretary of State for Defence, on 19 July 2020.

To safeguard our military on operations around the world we need to ensure that we protect their communications on land, sea or in air. The newest contested frontier is space and so we need to provide resilience and better communications for our forces. SKYNET 6A is one of many solutions we shall be investing in over the next decade. This Government recognises the urgent need to defend and promote space capabilities.