General Atomics and Kepler Communications demonstrated an air-to-space optical terminal in an August 2025 test.
Credit: GA-EMS
The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to install terminals on aircraft, connecting them to the low-Earth-orbit Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) by the end of next year. SDA, in a solicitation posted Jan. 28, calls for mature designs for airborne optical communication terminals...
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