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Elbit Targets Tactical Mobility with Satellite-on-the-Move Systems

May 22, 2017
Elbit Systems has received a contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) for satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) systems.

Elbit Systems has received a contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) for dozens of satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) systems. The small-footprint ELSAT 2100 SOTM systems enable high-data-rate communications with land vehicles on the move. The SOTM systems provide communications to a number of different communications platforms on moving vehicles, even in difficult terrain, using advanced tracking techniques and multiple communications satellites. Elbit Systems will perform the work over a two-year period.

“The SOTM contract is an important milestone in our military communication activity on the whole, and in the satellite communication activity in particular,” said Yehuda (Udi) Vered, general manager of Elbit Systems’ Land and C4I Division, “The Israeli Defense Forces is an innovative technologically advanced military, and I trust that additional customers will follow and select our systems. The modern battlefield requires very reliable capabilities of high-rate data transfer anytime, anywhere, and our SOTM communication solution meets this requirement.”

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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.

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