Defence, Drones & AI News Aggregation
Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 16, 2023
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded Babcock International Group a six-year contract to manage and operate Skynet, the MOD’s military satellite communications system, on February 15.
The contract is called Skynet Service Delivery Wrap (SDW), it is valued at 400 million pounds ($486.6 million), and it is expected to support 400 jobs in Corsham, Bristol, and Plymouth, U
Southampton UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2023
AccelerComm, the 5G IP specialists, has partnered with UK-based technology development firm TTP to jointly develop a 5G LEO Regenerative base station designed for deployment on low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The project combines expertise and IP from the two companies, along with additional technology from partners, to offer a dedicated 5G regenerative gNodeB solution optimized for use in a N
Babcock International Group Plc (“Babcock”), the defence company, is pleased to announce it has been awarded the contract to manage
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Canadian company RDARS has successfully integrated Starlink equipment to transmit data from a ground station to its Eagle Eye military drone in flight.
Under the deal, Maxar will be able to expand its SAR data offerings to international customers, and Umbra will get global eyes on its products, company officials told Breaking Defense.
The artificial satellite system has three operational components space segment, user and ground segments). (1) the space segment, referring to the space vehicle in orbit. Space segment comprises the satellite or satellite constellation and the uplink and downlink satellite links. (2) the user segment, referring to end user devices that interact with the space segment, such as …
Spanish operator Hispasat has launched its most advanced satellite, Amazonas Nexus, into space. It will provide internet to passenger flights over the Atlantic Ocean and the most remote regions of Greenland. The launch, which had to be postponed by one day due to difficult weather conditions, was carried out aboard a Falcon 9 rocket of […]
Long Beach CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has released two new high-performance space systems products designed to increase the availability of essential satellite components to the global small satellite market.
Bolstering the Company’s existing line of proven satellite components, the new Rocket Lab products include the Frontier-X software defined radio designed to provide high speed data for
The five-year contract is worth up to $192 million and will provide high-resolution electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar imagery.
Storrs CT (SPX) Feb 07, 2023
A cloudy day can ruin a trip to the beach, a scenic picnic, and lots of other outdoor activities.
But clouds in satellite imagery are also a big issue for remote sensing and land change scientists.
When scientists want to study how land surface is changing, they often use composite images consisting of multiple satellite images of the same place to create a representative “snapshot”