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Hughes Transmits Live, HD Video In Black Hawk Helicopter Demonstration

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, June 9th, 2020

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Hughes Transmits Live, HD Video In Black Hawk Helicopter Demonstration

Hughes conducted an in-flight test of its HeloSat solution on a Black Hawk helicopter. Photo: Hughes Network Systems

Hughes Network Systems reports that its HeloSat satellite communications transmitted consistent, real-time, full-motion video from a Black Hawk helicopter during a recent in-flight demonstration. The HeloSat solution sent live, HD video from the cockpit, through the rotor blades, to a satellite and through to mission control within seconds as it surveilled a Tennessee landscape in a May 21 test, Hughes announced Tuesday. The HeloSat solution includes a Hughes HM series modem with proprietary through-the-rotor waveform, fuselage-mounted antenna and network management. Hughes…

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