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Airbus Partners With Spectra For Tactical Radio Service

Friday, April 3rd, 2015

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Airbus is partnering with the Spectra Group Ltd. to provide tactical radio extension service, Airbus said on March 30.The service is aimed at providing global government users of tactical radios the ability to extend their communications reach beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) using commercial communications satellites (satcom). The service is designed to augment Airbus’ existing UHF radio product by combining Inmarsat’s L-TAC service, commercial satcom (L-band), and Spectra’s SlingShot.The SlingShit is a small, lightweight device compatible with existing tactical radio hardware to extend…

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