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Zephyr could fit data link solution

9th December 2015 - 16:47 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in London

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The Zephyr high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) is ‘an obvious candidate’ for a new high altitude cellular communications technology being developed by Roke Manor Research (Roke).

 

Roke was awarded a contract on 9 December by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to design an advanced data link, although a platform it will be installed on has not been determined.

 

The company was selected through the Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) Innovation Challenge to design a high altitude data link to communicate directly with ground-based cellular infrastructure at a distance of more than 50km. 

 

‘The Zephyr platform is a

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