The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Ovzon a contract to test the capability of the technology company’s satellite communication systems and services to control unmanned ground vehicles at great distances.
The demonstration, to be performed in Sweden, is scheduled for the second half of November. It will involve mobile satellite terminals and satcom services based on the Ovzon 3 geostationary satellite, which started commercial services in July, Ovzon said Monday.
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Ovzon CEO Per Noren noted that the satellite’s capabilities to support defense, national security and public safety missions have generated “significant interest,”
leading to their implementation in the United States and Europe.
“We see this demonstration as an important step to further deepen our relationship with Swedish defense organizations,” he added.
Ovzon, headquartered in Solna, Stockholm, with offices in Virginia and Florida, developed its satcom as a service to cater to global customers. Its offerings have components that include high throughput satellite elements, network gateway services, mobile satellite terminals and customer support.
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In September, the company announced that the U.S. Department of Defense ordered its Ovzon T6 satellite terminal.
The procurement is in addition to DOD’s earlier order of the T7, the first enhanced mobile terminal of the new Ovzon 3 satellite and its onboard processor.
The satellite is a Legion class spacecraft manufactured by Westminster, Colorado-based Maxar Technologies at its Palo Alto facility in California.