Category Archives: Data Links & Communications

AeroVironment’s Extended Range Antenna Expands UAS Command and Control up to 40 Kilometers

AeroVironment Inc. has announced the introduction of its Extended Range Antenna (ERA), the latest addition to AeroVironment’s growing line of network connectivity solutions. The ERA is a lightweight, portable antenna array kit designed to integrate seamlessly with AeroVironment’s standard RF head antenna to support a diverse range of missions. Continue reading

Octopus ISR Integrates Silvus MN-MIMO Technology

Octopus ISR Systems, a brand of UAV Factory, has announced the introduction of a portable high-performance automatic tracking antenna system that features MN-MIMO technology for high bandwidth, meshed video, voice, and data communications through Silvus‘ StreamCaster tactical radios. Continue reading

Viasat and AeroVironment to Develop Enhanced Type 1 Encrypted Communications for US Army UAS

Viasat Inc. , a global communications company, and AeroVironment, Inc. , a global supplier of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), have announced they will collaborate on a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative. Continue reading

Danish Startup QuadSAT Raises €2M for Antenna Testing

QuadSAT, a Danish company that is revolutionising test and measurement of satellite antennas, announced that it has closed a €2 million Pre-Series A Investment, the largest venture investment in a Danish drone tech company in history. Continue reading

FCC Supports 5030-5091 MHz Band Spectrum for UAS

The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology has released a report on spectrum usage for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. The report finds that the 5030-5091 MHz band is suitable for such operations and recommends that the Commission begin a rule-making to develop service and licensing rules enabling UAS use of that band. Continue reading

US Marine Corps, Verizon Launch ‘Living Lab’ to Test 5G

Verizon and the U.S. Marine Corps are working together at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar to explore ways the military and other U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agencies can use Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband to transform operations in areas ranging from communications to base security. Continue reading

Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants to Deliver Central Control

Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants, part of the Capgemini Group, have announced a collaboration that will exploit Iridium’s state-of-the-art satellite communications to safely control unmanned aerial vehicles from a central control hub. Continue reading