Beyond Line of Sight SATCOM For Rotary Wing Aircraft 11717 Exploration Lane Germantown, MD 20876 USA @hughesconnects hughes.com/helosat Not Getting the Full Picture? Hughes HeloSat TMgovernment.hughes.com | 2 Due to their size and maneuverability, helicopters and other rotary wing aircraft are ideal for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). Yet their fast-moving rotor blades – the very feature that makes them so nimble – makes satellite communications (SATCOM) difficult, thereby limiting their use for long distance ISR missions. Until now, rotary wing aircraft could only provide live video and data by way of Line of Sight (LoS) microwave technologies where the aircraft would link to a receiver mounted on a tower. For rotary aircraft to gather HD video intelligence

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