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Hughes Working With Prime Contractors On Microsat Rotary Wing SATCOM Application

Pat Host

Monday, October 6th, 2014

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Hughes Working With Prime Contractors On Microsat Rotary Wing SATCOM Application

The Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV). (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

BALTIMORE--Hughes is working with various prime contractors on a satellite communications (SATCOM) waveform capable of penetrating rotating helicopter blades, according to a company executive. Hughes Vice President and General Manager of Defense and Intel Systems Rick Lober told Defense Daily Monday the company is experimenting with a more robust waveform that will stand up through the blades, which "chops-up" the waveform, while adding error correction codes that make up for the lost data. Lober said Hughes has performed various trials for…

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