UK funds IoD networking enhancements
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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.
Publication Name: Jane's International Defense Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2006
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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.
Publication Name: Jane's International Defense Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2004
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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.
Publication Name: Jane's International Defense Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2005
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