Israel sets up new department to boost development of AI and autonomy
Israel will continue to develop autonomy for its weapons and platforms as it brings together defence personnel, academia and industry.
Horizon obtains US patent for Xtender
Horizon Technologies has been issued a US patent for its Xtender SIGINT technology.
This is the second registered patent to be awarded to the UK-based company.
Xtender allows small UAVs and CubeSats to remotely detect, geolocate, and intercept satellite phone communications, from a miniature software-defined radio.
‘Our Amber CubeSat [to be launched in 2021] will not only have the ability to geolocate L-band emitters like sat phones, but [it will also] actually allow for the real-time demodulation of the signals,’ said Horizon Technologies CEO John Beckner.
He added: ‘This capability is unique in the emerging field of LEO (Low Earth Orbit) CubeSat-driven SIGINT.’
Horizon is also the OEM for the FlyingFish range of modular ISR and SIGINT payloads, which are in use on aircraft operated by NATO member states.
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