Raytheon Selects CAES Technology For Low Earth Orbit Satellite Demonstration
ARLINGTON, VA. (BUSINESS WIRE)
CAES, a leading provider of advanced mission critical electronic solutions, announced today that it has partnered with Raytheon Intelligence & Space to develop and provide RF signal conversion technology for use in a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory program. The Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) or Global Lightning program seeks to connect military aircraft to emerging commercial satellite internet constellations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). CAES will provide multi-band block frequency converters for design into a new Raytheon phased array antenna, and will allow communications with satellite internet constellations and aircraft to seamlessly jump between different satellites. The program culminates with a flight demonstration in 2022.
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The U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) selected Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) and OneWeb, two important names in the satellite communication and technology world, to demonstrate end-to-end services that can connect the Arctic region to other locations all over the world. 1 photo
Multi-domain operations are becoming more and more important in today’s world, where new types of security threats are constantly evolving. Digitalization and connectivity are essential in modern military operations, but there are still areas where this is a work in progress. Geographically speaking, the Polar region has remained an unconquered fortress when it comes to connectivity.
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Raytheon Selects CAES Technology for Low Earth Orbit Satellite Demonstration
May 10, 2021 GMT
ARLINGTON, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE) May 10, 2021
CAES, a leading provider of advanced mission critical electronic solutions, announced today that it has partnered with Raytheon Intelligence & Space to develop and provide RF signal conversion technology for use in a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory program. The Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) or Global Lightning program seeks to connect military aircraft to emerging commercial satellite internet constellations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). CAES will provide multi-band block frequency converters for design into a new Raytheon phased array antenna, and will allow communications with satellite internet constellations and aircraft to seamlessly jump between different satellites. The program culminates with a flight demonstr
By Garrett Reim2021-05-07T22:23:00+01:00
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions expects to deliver its first production unit of the XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to the US Air Force (USAF) “in the next couple of months”.
That’s according to comments from Eric DeMarco, Kratos chief executive, on a first quarter earnings call on 5 May. The company started production of a dozen examples of the stealthy combat UAV on its own dime in 2020, ahead of an anticipated contract with the USAF.
Source: US Air Force
Kratos is anticipating that the XQ-58A Valkyrie will move toward operations
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Advanced Aircraft Program Executive Office granted the manufacturer a $37.7 million contract in December 2020 for the XQ-58A as part of the Skyborg programme, an effort to create software and hardware for autonomous control of loyal wingman UAVs that can fly and fight alongside manned fighters, Kratos said on 7 May. The Skyborg autonomy core sy
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