About this episode

Laura Winter discusses the significance of 'resilient' in space communications with Dr. Rajeev Gopal from Hughes Defense.

Save the eye-roll. There really are contracts and places where words "resilient" or "resiliency" drive the communications mission. Laura Winter speaks with Dr. Rajeev Gopal, Vice President of Advanced Programs, Hughes Defense.

People in this episode

Host: Laura Winter

Guest: Dr. Rajeev Gopal

Topics covered

• space technology
• resilience
• communications
• defense
• contracts

Keywords

• resilient
• resiliency
• space communications
• Hughes Defense
• advanced programs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hughes Defense

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