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Isotropic Systems, SES Win DoD Contract to Test Multi-Beam O3b Terminal

Isotropic Systems, SES Win DoD Contract to Test Multi-Beam O3b Terminal
Isotropic Systems and SES have received a DoD contract to test Isotropic System’s antenna with O3b. Photo: Isotropic Systems

SES Government Solutions and Isotropic Systems have received an antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation. The contract award amount was not disclosed. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army, through the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program, will review a prototype of Isotropic Systems’ optical beamforming antenna and its ability to connect simultaneously with two satellite constellations at GEO and MEO. SES and Isotropic Systems have…

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