Space Data Awarded $49M Air Force Contract
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Image source: Space Data Corp.
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Joni Morse writes on RCR Wireless News:
Space Data Corp. landed a $49 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with its communication system that sends radio-equipped industrial balloons filled with hydrogen or helium to between 12 miles and 62 miles above sea level. Space Data claims the balloons float above where airplanes fly, but below where satellites are stationed.More here.
Gerald Knoblach, chairman and chief executive officer of Space Data, said the contract award comes after two years of extensive testing with the Air Force’s Space Battlelab, using the same tactical radios carried by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tests showed that ground-to-ground voice and data communications could be extended from 10 miles to more than 400 miles using Space Data’s balloon-borne payloads, providing improved communications between troops on the ground and pilots flying air support, the company said.
posted by Fergie @ 8/31/2006 11:54:00 AM
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