Cubic Secure Communications, a business unit of Cubic Defense, showcased its Vector multi-band, multi-beam, multi-orbit SATCOM antenna at Satellite 2026 (SatShow) last week in Washington DC.
“As global operations become more complex, resilient connectivity is critical,” said Dan Moran, Vice President and General Manager of Secure Communications, Cubic Defense. “Vector redefines how warfighters connect across domains and constellations, enabling multi-domain operations and critical missions by delivering multi-orbit, multi-beam capability from a single, software-defined antenna, providing continuous connectivity, even in contested environments.”
Vector delivers resilient, assured communications across satellite networks. Engineered for air, ground, and surface platforms, Vector enables simultaneous connectivity across low Earth orbit (LEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) constellations in both Ku and Ka bands, helping resolve critical gaps in wideband tactical communications.
Vector is a modular, low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) optimized phased array antenna built on a software-defined, digitally beamformed architecture. Designed to support hybrid SATCOM and line-of-sight networks and expanded multi-function capabilities, Vector consolidates multiple apertures and functions into a single extensible system, providing a trade space between reduced SWaP-C and operational performance.
The solution supports:
- Multi-orbit, multi-band, multi-beam connectivity
- Always-on communications with network redundancy
- Interference detection and mitigation
- Spectrum awareness and signal geolocation for network assurance
- Open standards integration for future growth
Cubic’s Secure Communications portfolio includes digital beamforming, open architecture interfaces to modems, and protected waveforms to deliver assured and stealthy communications for operations in contested and denied spectrum environments.
Click here to learn more about Vector from Cubic Secure Communications.
