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Viasat DVE to Improve Satellite Connectivity for Military ISR Aircraft

Frank Wolfe

Monday, February 3rd, 2020

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Viasat DVE to Improve Satellite Connectivity for Military ISR Aircraft

A schematic of Viasat's Dynamic Video Encoding application, which is to improve satellite connectivity for military ISR aircraft. Photo: Viasat.

Viasat Inc.'s [VSAT] new Dynamic Video Encoding (DVE) application is designed to improve satellite connectivity for military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, the company said. "In today’s ISR missions, aircraft are forced to travel long legs from base to objective, where satellite return link data rates can change depending upon the position of the aircraft within the satellite footprint," according to Viasat. "As the aircraft traverses higher data rate contour rings, they are unable to adjust sensor data rate…

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