Successful ground test paves way for SDA laser satellite interlinks: Northrop

Successful ground test paves way for SDA laser satellite interlinks: Northrop
Successful ground test paves way for SDA laser satellite interlinks: Northrop

The defense prime also for the first time revealed that its partners in developing the secure OISL system: laser communications firm Mynaric and space avionics company Innoflight. 

Pentagon’s POET in space wraps orbital data fusion demo

Pentagon’s POET in space wraps orbital data fusion demo
Pentagon’s POET in space wraps orbital data fusion demo

On-board, or “edge,” processing is key to SDA’s plans to develop a satellite network that can gather data from multiple sensors on the ground, at sea and in space to provide operators with precise, near-real-time targeting information.