Cellular communication is a convenient way of communication. The military in many countries are concerned, to make it an integral part of the modern battlefield. Americans invented a highly unusual way to build a mobile network in the advanced and remote locations.
Recently, "Military Review" to write about the Russian military mobile network testing. The Armed Forces through the mobile repeaters managed to create a local cellular network coverage to 40 km from mobile towers. But what happens, if you need to create a connection in remote areas? One of the contractors of the US Army seems to have found a non-trivial answer to this question.
The company Hughes Network Systems has announced the end of August a new technological product, which the, According to the developers, be able to turn the helicopter in airmobile cell towers.
Thanks to LTE technology integration with solution from Hughes HeloSat, system, which provides a link between / with helicopters outside the line of sight, Hughes Network Systems promises to turn the helicopter into a temporary mobile cell towers.
The technology can be implemented in a helicopter or integrated with the unmanned aerial vehicle. With the new system, the cellular network can be established covering tens of kilometers. The firm says, promising technology that can support a network of more than 100 users simultaneously.
Instead of using Virtual Network Computing (VNC) - Remote Access System – Hughes will be able to enhance the ability of wireless communication and the soldiers advanced combat groups respond, who need it to perform complex tasks in isolation from the main forces.
– Hughes claims the director of business development in the field of defense.
goal: increase the speed of decision-making on the battlefield
New features help mobile Pentagon to build a multi-level architecture and unified communications network for, to reduce the time for decision-making and expand their awareness of what is happening on the battlefield.
At the moment the company has no firm contract for the further development of this technology from the US Department of Defense, but the company has a number of agreements on the development of high-performance satellite communications system, which should ensure the communication outside the visible area. company spokesman declined to announce to reporters the details of these contracts.
