Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology is set to provide a ‘game-changing’ capability for armed forces demanding flexible and cost-effective connectivity almost anywhere in the world, industry leaders suggested at the Global MILSATCOM conference in London this week.
Describing the emerging demand for increased signals from forward-deployed units across the contemporary operating environment, Airbus Defence and Space’s head of global secure communications, Richard Franklin, described LEO satellites as a ‘huge capability’ moving forward.
Airbus, which is currently contracted to support the UK Ministry of Defence’s Skynet 5 and 6 geo-stationary satellite programmes, is currently considering the design and development of
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Clavister CyberArmour, an integrated defence cybersecurity system, will be used on BAE Systems Hägglunds’ CV90 platform in deployments with a Scandinavian country, as well as in an eastern European nation.
The tactical satellite (TacSat) is an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system and will participate in exercises in 2025.
The airborne three-domain, the two ground-based and the ¼ ATR OpenVPX-based cross-domain systems were engineered to provide real-time security across multi-domain operations.
DARPA’s Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) programme was set up to develop an autonomous tactical network and enable critical data flow in contested environments.
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