UK funds IoD networking enhancements

Article Abstract:

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is funding a one-year technology demonstration of the Imagery on Demand (IoD) concept developed by Thales Land & Joint Systems. IoD is a modification of the British Army's Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) reconnaissance system, aimed at enabling reliable and near-realtime transmission of large reconnaissance images over narrowband radio links, whereby it automatically monitors available bandwidth and adapts transmission without loss of resolution.

Government expenditures, Electronic Components and Accessories, Search and navigation equipment, Innovations, France, United Kingdom. Ministry of Defence, Military electronics industry, Government finance, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles

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BT Satnet dons khaki

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BT Satnet, British Telecom's (BT's) service begun in 2003 for rapidly deployable, reliable and operator-friendly satellite ground stations, which was originally designed with broadcasters in mind is proving to be a new, flexible and cost-efficient satellite communications service to military users. This system was used to great effect by Sky News in the Iraq war to relay breaking news to the world, a notable example being the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad.

United Kingdom, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Communications industry, British Telecommunications PLC, Military communications

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Spectrum spreads its software electronics net with new SATCOM and ELINT platforms

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Canada's Spectrum Signal Processing company has announced a new satellite communications (SATCOM), electronic intelligence (ELINT) rapid-prototyping and development platforms (SRDP/ERDP). The SDR-2000 SRDP supports the multiple simultaneous carrier inherent in the frequency allocation schemes in many SCPC (single channel per carrier) and MF-TDMA (multifrequency time division multiple access) based satellite networks.

Canada, Computer and Office Equipment, Telephone communications, exc. radio, Satellite Communications, Satellite Telecommunications, Computer peripherals industry, Electronic intelligence, Spectrum Signal Processing Inc.

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