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Spire Officers: ADS-B Data Could Provide Government, Businesses With Geospatial Information

Spire officers have detailed how global air traffic data collected from the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system on aircraft could be used by governments and businesses as a source of geospatial intelligence. ADS-B data contain an aircraft’s airspeed, location and other geospatial information that provide an understanding of the movement of people and cargo across the […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 23, 2021, 11:10 am
in C4ISR News, News

BAE Develops Airspace Awareness Tech for Military Pilots

BAE Systems has built a system that works to help military aircraft pilots obtain situational awareness of general air traffic through satellite technology. The Web Enabled Data Links platform is designed to collect information on commercial aircraft to guide aviator decision-making during flights, the company said Wednesday. WEnDL can access data via automatic dependent surveillance broadcast technology that employs […] More

by Nichols Martin November 8, 2018, 1:39 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Matt Desch: Iridium Aims to Complete ‘NEXT’ Satellite Network for Aireon's Aircraft Tracking Service

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch said the company expects to complete the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation this year to help Aireon meet its timeline for delivery of aircraft monitoring service through the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. “The reason why that's important isn't for any services that we have today, it's for Aireon ““ which is a […] More

by Jane Edwards September 4, 2018, 3:33 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Airbus, Aireon Form Aircraft Surveillance Partnership; Iridium's Matt Desch Comments

Airbus' defense and space business has partnered with Iridium Communications' subsidiary, Aireon, and introduced an airspace analytics platform at the Farnborough Airshow. Aireon said Thursday it will deliver space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast data to Airbus' recently launched analytics tool ““ AirSense ““ to facilitate real-time aircraft tracking, streamline airspace utilization and flight routes, and boost airport […] More

by Jane Edwards July 20, 2018, 5:27 am
in Featured, General, News, Press Releases

SpaceX Launches 6th Batch of Iridium NEXT Satellites, Aireon Payloads; Matt Desch Comments

Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm SpaceX has launched five satellites for Iridium Communications along with two Earth observation spacecraft from NASA and the German Research Center for Geosciences as part of a ride-share agreement. Iridium said Tuesday the launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is the sixth out of eight Iridium NEXT deployment missions that SpaceX agreed […] More

by Monica Jackson May 23, 2018, 10:00 am
in C4ISR News, News

NATS Invests in Air Traffic Surveillance Tech Firm Aireon

U.K.-based air traffic control services provider NATS has made a $69 million equity investment in Aireon in order to help speed up the development of technologies for aviation surveillance. NATS said Wednesday its decision to buy a 10 percent equity stake in Aireon comes as the latter prepares to offer a space-based service ““ Aireon […] More

by Jane Edwards May 17, 2018, 6:15 am
in News, Products & Service

Sagetech to Provide Transponder for NASA’s UAS Safety Research Project

NASA has selected Sagetech to provide a transponder technology in support of the agency’s initiative to explore detect-and-avoid methods to ensure safety of unmanned aircraft system operations in national airspace. Sagetech said Monday it will provide the company’s MXS transponder for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System Project of NASA with other government […] More

by Joanna Crews May 1, 2018, 6:52 am
in Government Technology, News

Sixth Batch of Iridium NEXT Satellites Arrives at SpaceX Site in VAFB

Five Iridium NEXT satellites that are scheduled for launch on May 19 have arrived at SpaceX's launch site in Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to go through pre-launch processing procedures. Iridium Communications said Wednesday each satellite will be mated in the dispenser, fueled, stacked on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's payload adapter and encapsulated […] More

by Monica Jackson April 26, 2018, 8:07 am
in Industry News, News

Iridium Satellites Host Aireon’s Space-Based Air Traffic Surveillance Tech

Iridium Communications‘ fifth set of NEXT satellites that launched Friday includes Aireon-built global air traffic surveillance technology payloads. Aireon said Friday its Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system is designed to provide aircraft tracking coverage with a 15-minute update interval and help airlines test aircraft tracking systems via space-based ADS-B. The International Civil Aviation Organization and European Aviation Safety […] More

by Joanna Crews April 4, 2018, 12:17 pm
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

4th Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch Enters Pre-Launch Processing Phase; Matt Desch Comments

SpaceX has begun processing the fourth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites at its west coast launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for the Dec. 22 launch aboard a pre-flown Falcon 9 rocket as part of its launch campaign with Iridium Communications. Iridium said Tuesday the company and SpaceX are set […] More

by Jane Edwards November 29, 2017, 5:00 am
in C4ISR News, News

Iridium Sets Sept. 30 Launch Date for 3rd “˜NEXT' Satellite Batch

Iridium Communications plans to launch the third batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites on Sept. 30 aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The scheduled launch would bring the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites in space to 30 as part of a potential $3 billion program to replace an existing constellation with 75 new communications satellites […] More

by Jane Edwards July 31, 2017, 4:08 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Matt Desch: Iridium “˜NEXT' Satellite Constellation Supports FAA NextGen Program Through Aircraft Tracking

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation works to help track the location of commercial aircraft across trans-oceanic routes in support of the Federal Aviation Administration's Next Generation Air Transportation System program, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. Desch said the company has equipped its Iridium NEXT satellites with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast receivers designed to enable planes to communicate […] More

by Jane Edwards July 10, 2017, 10:00 am

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