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Raytheon has other irons in the fire !
Five Raytheon Cobra UAVs receive FAA Airworthiness certification
http://www.shephard.co.uk/UVOnline/Default.aspx?Action=-187126550&ID=2c2619e2-a7f6-4db1-a55f-633...
smallfish, Thanks for the update. I've been wondering what Blackwater was up to. I posted (# 19284 ) their initial PR on the subject back in January of 2006. I thought Blackwater would have been a more likely customer for Sans2a than Raytheon. Too bad the pictures don't match.
Sightings 60117
Not only governments are interested in ROA airships.
WORLD: Security Firms Try To Evolve Beyond The Battlefield
by Renae Merle, The Washington Post
January 17th, 2006
After building a business defending high-ranking officials in Iraq, Blackwater USA executives think the future may be hovering above the battlefield.
The North Carolina company is developing an airship -- think Goodyear blimp -- loaded with sensors and surveillance cameras that can quickly relay information about the ground below to clients miles away. "If bad guys are setting up IEDs on the side of the road, we can see real-time what's going on," said Chris Taylor, Blackwater's vice president for strategic initiatives, referring to improvised explosive devices, which have proved deadly against U.S. troops in Iraq.
>>>>>>read the rest @ iHub/GTEM # 19284 >>>> sorry I don't have a direct link to the original Washington Post article.
Point in fact most high altitude weather balloons are filled with hydrogen because of the cost.
To all those who wish they could be in Palmdale.
You can pretend you are if you have g@@gle earth & google's Sketch Uphttp://sketchup.google.com/ a 3D vector drawing program. Both are free but you better have a fast computer & broadband.
The good news is that awhile back someone put up a .kmz file called stratellite_airship_01.This file is parked a couple hundred feet above the Palmdale hanger <@>(lat 34°36'44.55"N, long 118° 4'36.43"W ).
If you put everything together you can fly around the area and view this rendering of the stratellite. #D rendering of the hanger does not seem to work so it will appear flat. But with the Sketch Up overlay you can fly around the strat. ENJOY !
Here is the link to the .kmz file @ 3dwarehouse.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/download?mid=9b2e9070bc0a6cf65bb930f10232aeb&rtyp=k2&...
US pushes ahead with UAV development for Canadian border patrol
I found this article informative regarding deployment of Pedator UAV's for border patrol. It confirms some of Vern's posts regarding FAA issues. My bold in the quote.
http://wpherald.com/articles/3370/1/Analysis-Unmanned-aerial-drones-tested-for-border-security/Able-...
"There are concerns regarding the high accident rate of UAVs, which is currently 100 times higher than that of manned aircraft," says a Congressional Research Service report from November last year. "Because UAV technology is still evolving," the report continues, "mishap rates are expected to remain high."
Bday, SAM & wingshot
Thanks for your input on Pete Clay. It took me a little while to remember my RB login but now I see what you all mean about his posts. I never really spent much time there & none before 2005, which seems to be when he stopped posting. I quess that is when he started working for GTE/Sanswire. It does seem like he has more on the ball than just coffee. Could Vern's negative appraisal have anything to do with the Mistress P issue ?
Vern, Thank you for your insight on Mr. Clay.
As for those of you who wish to dismiss the efforts of Mr. Geery I suggest you look closely at all his videos. They show in great detail the accomplishments of a lone individual to build and fly (without a tether) a solar powered airship.
Today's message was the first time I saw any reference to Peter Clay & Sanswire. Don't forget that it was a post to`a public message board & we all know how substantial those can be.
Does anyone know who Peter Clay is ?
I just got this message from the hyperblimps group on Yahoo.
Dan Gerry's videos on You Tube were posted here a while back.
My bold in the following message.
Sky Aero Hyperblimp Message List
Greeting!
Having recently found Dan Geery and partnered with him is a cool, but collaborative mannner, I can simply say that those of you who found Dan's airship as cool as I are in for a treat. Dan and I have begun a quest - a quest to design and mass produce the most advanced airship in the world. In joining forces with Dan, after working intensively on the Sanswire High Altitude Airship Solar WiMAX project, we fully expect to wow Dan's existing enthusiasts and create quite simply the finest and most versatile airship ever envisioned, with the technology to prove it. In forming Sky Aero along with some friends like Kevin Reed in Europe and quickly pushing things to HyperSpace,we plan to unveil the strongest, lightest, swiftest and most powerful airship in the world, a perfectly balanced, solar powered personal airship that could soon replace your TV. The Hyperblimp Mach 2 should be able to "Operate Anywhere", deliver a serious payload, convert solar energy to wireless communications and deliver Sky Video unlike you have never seen before.
As the pieces of this project have fallen together in such magnitude that the Sky is literally unlimited, I will not bore any of you that are interested. We are also not pursuing the obvious military applications for such technology as the world has far more periless wars to wage and we cannot bother ourselves in the resource skirmishes of tomorrow, which is part of the undeniable transition to the glass ceiling that Sky Solar will ultimately smash. We also plan to "share the wealth" as it were and share some of the remarkable technologies and films that will enable the hopeful to find better days. We are talking mass production and the ability to launch solar along with aerospace.
We are talking 500MW production with 10 years,if not sooner. We are talking about production of advanced clean energy vehicles and the ability to operate non-stop, at altitude with remarkable communication efficiency. We welcome good ideas,
technologies and progress.
Kind Regards,
Peter Clay
Skyvision, Nice find.
Was that "google books" that found that choice tome of vintage LTA tech ? Thanks for the link. Now I really have something interesting to read this weekend. Whoops I gotta put more paper in the printer.
How long is S2a ?
Baby steps. If UAV/LTA's start patroling South American countries a base is being made for the technologies. First the police use them for surveilance at low altitudes. They go through the learning curve to want bigger @ higher platforms. Last night I posted a report from Trinadad which discussed their year long rental of an A-40.(It got deleted as might this!) This all bodes well for future LTA use. I hate to bring up old PR's from GTEM management but they did have a heavy focus on that part of the world.
Venezuela is buying UAV blimps from Korea
I don't know spanish. Could someone who does verify what I just found ?
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=11472443&postcount=19
EDP= emergency destruct package
Most military UAV's are equipped with an EDP to terminate the flight in the event that they loose control of the aircraft. There was some discussion EDPs back in 05'.
I've been in contact with a group developing something different. They call theirs an Emergency Descent Package. It utilizes a self-actuated parafoil combined with a GPS tracker to facilatate payload recovery.
WiMAX in Chicago
My,my,my it looks like Pit & I won't have to wait for GTEM to give us our first WiMAX connection ! My bolditalic in the article.
http://www.wirelessiq.com/content/newsfeed/9189.html
Sprint Nextel Awards Chicago Market to Motorola for Network Deployment; Initial Service Targeted for Late 2007.
Motorola, Inc. has been awarded the Chicago market by Sprint Nextel for the build-out of its WiMAX wireless broadband service.
Motorola will deploy WiMAX infrastructure to at least 1,000 sites in the greater Chicagoland area, providing select area coverage that complements Sprint Nextel's existing EV-DO network. Initial service is expected to begin late in 2007, with the commercial launch set for the first half of 2008.
In addition to the Chicago build out, Motorola also is participating in WiMAX equipment and software trials at Sprint Nextel's 4G laboratory, located in Herndon, Va.
"We are proud to be working with Sprint Nextel to bring the Windy City true wireless broadband service with WiMAX technology," said Fred Wright, senior vice president, Motorola Networks and Enterprise. "Motorola's WiMAX technology is poised to deliver wireless broadband data speeds -- that significantly exceed the performance of today's 3G technology solutions -- to a new generation of consumer electronics devices as well as more traditional multi-media and specialized data devices."
This week, Motorola is partnering with Sprint Nextel to showcase the strength and breadth of the MOTOwi4 wireless broadband portfolio, including WiMAX solutions, at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas.
At CES, Motorola is showcasing live WiMAX demonstrations featuring elements of its broad WiMAX portfolio. A live WAP 400 series WiMAX access point with MIMO capabilities communicates with various end user devices to demonstrate rich-media streaming and IP video telephony applications.
Motorola also is featuring various WiMAX desktop subscriber devices including the CPEi200 and CPEi400 series products as well as WiMAX PC cards. These Motorola WiMAX devices are easy to install with "plug and play" functionality and support advanced antenna techniques to provide excellent range, throughput, and indoor penetration.
Motorola's carrier-class WiMAX access points, which feature a combination of MIMO antenna techniques and software defined radios (SDR) combined with distributed network IP architecture provides flexibility in network deployments and enables operators to choose among many third-party vendors to add applications and services.
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I just watched a segment on BBCWorldNews about a wireless phone company in Kenya being the innovators of wireless money transfers.
Here's the link to their Paymate 150 service <:>
http://www.safaricom.com/2005/default.asp
Check out this page to see who the owners are <:>
http://www.safaricom.com/2005/default2.asp?active_page_id=158
BBC qoute " this is the future of how everyone will be exchanging money. Who would have thought that the future is being written here in Mombasa."
sinful,
The goal of the SuperHub is to work in concert with existing carriers, both UP & DOWN.
Dogface,
Iridium was/is the low earth orbit statellite network that Motorola launched a few years back to deliver global phone service. It went BK to many investors dismay. It is currently being used by government contractors worldwide. I'm not sure who owns the keys to the network.
See www.iridium.com for details.
This is a logical demonstration for Sanswire to show uplink capabilities to a satellite network.
sighting #61128
This is Sky Dragon !
First Aeros 40D Sky Dragon Airship Roll-Out Ceremony
2006-11-28 19:27:54 -
( EMAILWIRE.COM, November 28, 2006 ) -- San Bernardino, CA -- Worldwide Aeros Corp. announced that its first Aeros 40D Sky Dragon Airship with tail number N820AC rolled out today. The airship is scheduled for its first flight at the end of the year.
The roll-out marks the transition of the airship from Aeros' manufacturing to
the flight test phase. The roll-out took place in an informal ceremony for Aeros employees at the company's flight test facility in San Bernardino, CA.
Igor Pasternak, Aeros President and CEO said, 'We are very pleased with the Aeros 40D Sky Dragon Airship development progress and eager to begin test flight activities.-
The airship is scheduled to go through flight testing and receive FAA Type Certificate, after which it will be delivered to the customer.
About Aeros: Aeros is the world's leading lighter-than-air, FAA-certified aircraft manufacturing company. The company's operations involve the research, development, production, operation and marketing of a complete family of Aeros-branded air vehicles used in government and commercial applications. These include non-rigid FAA Type Certified Aeros 40D Sky Dragon Airships, Advanced Tethered Aerostatic Systems and New Type Rigid Air Vehicle - Aeroscraft.
Contact person: Edward Pevzner
Phone: 818 344-3999 x 106
Web: http://www.AerosML.com
And we sold Magic Money Why & for how much ?
Panhandlers beware
Nov 16th 2006 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
Credit-card companies go downmarket to take on the last domain of cash
PICTURE a world where consumers pay for everything--from hamburgers to houses--with plastic. Sound far-fetched? Not to credit-card companies like Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Ten years ago, American consumers paid cash or cheques for 71% of their purchases. Today, according to Nilson Report, a trade publication, more than half are charged to cards. Cash tills--and trouser pockets-- are in danger of becoming redundant.
Super Stock
Tomorrow's loose change
That, of course, will not be unalloyed good news to consumers--or panhandlers. Already, the average American household has over ten cards of one sort or another, and many people are swimming in debt.
But the credit-card companies have realised that the last holdout of cash is the small purchase--newspapers, bus tickets, cigarettes. So MasterCard, Visa and others have introduced "contactless cards" for purchases under $25. With a tap or a wave, the cards wirelessly beam data to a receiving device on the shopkeeper's counter. The process takes less than two seconds, meaning fewer queues. Retailers like them because there is a lower risk of theft and fewer notes and coins to be totted up and trundled to the bank each day. Also research shows that people tend to spend more when they pay with plastic.
The market for such cards is still tiny. According to Nilson Report, there are 21m contactless cards in America, compared with 1.5 billion credit cards. But it is early days. Already, fast-food chains, cinemas and sports venues, such as Yankee Stadium in New York, are welcoming them. The next step is the prospect of embedding contactless chips into mobile-phone SIM cards. Such systems are being tested, though there are tensions over whether the phone company or the credit-card company would get the bulk of the spoils.
Card companies are also taking aim at bigger transactions where cheque-writing is customary. In America they have signed deals with property-management companies to allow residents to use credit cards for rent, mortgage instalments and even the down-payment on a house.
Another gaping hole in the card-carrying firmament is among those who do not have bank accounts, especially new immigrants and the poor. So card companies are offering "prepaid" cards--in effect, debit cards that can be loaded with money (at petrol stations, convenience stores and the like) without a bank account. Visa estimates that there are 80m "unbanked" consumers in America and that they pay $1.5 billion in cheque-cashing fees a year.
Dozens of state governments--among them Texas, Colorado and Georgia--are using Visa- and MasterCard-branded prepaid cards to provide child-support and other government benefits. This cuts fraud and saves governments money. Ohio, which uses a Visa-branded card to disburse unemployment benefits, reckons it saves nearly $2m a year since it switched to plastic. Some employers, too, are depositing salaries for staff without bank accounts directly onto pre-paid cards. Cash, once king, may in time be dethroned.
sighting #61106 link correction
http://www.hapcos.org/DOCS/download.php?id=81&type=pdf
Sorry I should have checked it before I posted it.
This is a direct download link. No PW needed.
sighting #61106
I direct your attention to a very informative PowerPointPrezentation by Kevin Read M.Sc that I found earlier this year over at the european HAPCOS site.
www.hapcos.org/DOCS/download.php?id=Cost297-0081-WG00-PUB-01.pdf
Its focus is CP1/a-Si:H ultra lightweight solar cells.
However pg.50 is the HAA section.(For those unmentionable Yahoos who doubt any mention of Sanswire in conjunction with the other players in the HAA market here is the proof.)
pg.51 JP Aerospace
pg.52 Sanswire
pg.53 D.A. Reed Jr. This guy has some very interesting ideas. Make sure you zoom in and read the notations.
pg.54 AirWorm - Stuttgart TAO ?
pg.55-58 Lockheed/Martin
The subjects covered are of significant interest for anyone who is trying to see the future of this technology. Read the whole thing closely for the big picture on how this is going to work.
NOTE: it's a 3meg .PDF download.
on the airship front in germany !
Last week I found a group of RC airship modelers that are conducting indoor airship races. They just sent me these links to videos of the races in Berlin & Dresden. For all of you who want to see real airships in untethered action take a look. The download took a little time so be patient. Aside from the Green Hornet music the blue one is really zippy for a zep!!! ENJOY
Hello everybody,
we uploaded a film of the race in berlin. You can download it here:
http://vofo.falaba.de/index.php?page=Lange_Nacht_2006
We also prepared a second film of the race in Dresden. For th first
time, you can download it here:
http://vofo.falaba.de/uploads/Media/AirshipRace2006_Dresden.WMV
or here in a small version:
http://vofo.falaba.de/uploads/Media/AirshipRace2006_Dresden_klein.WMV
If everybody agree, we will put it on our Homepage.
gretings erich
on the Wimax front!
This summer I attended a conference in Chicago called GLOBALCOM to help fill in my limited knowledge of the evolving telecommunications industry. My primary purpose was to better understand what level of capability the products & services GlobeTel is proposing to deliver. The Israel company mentioned below is a major player in the roll out of WiMAX equipment to existing TDM's. To all here take particular note of the second paragraph.Their game plan is very similar to GlobeTel's
www.wirelessiq.com/content/topstories/1628.html
Primary Voice over WiMAX Unleashes Carriers
October 30, 2006
Alvarion Ltd. launched its primary voice services over WiMAX today enabled by the latest edition of BreezeMAX. This ability to deliver primary voice services using existing TDM infrastructure, in addition to its broadband service capabilities, means incumbent (ILECs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) can adopt WiMAX as their basic network strategy. As the first commercial WiMAX system to support V5.2 interfaces, coupled with its existing VoIP capabilities, BreezeMAX can now interface directly with both legacy and next generation voice networks according to carrier needs.
Over the past few months, the primary voice services of BreezeMAX have been tested with carriers in Africa and South America, and approved as interoperable with various vendors' Class 5 switches. As a result of these trials, two operators in Africa are today leveraging their TDM switches by deploying this BreezeMAX voice and data solution. In addition, operators in Latin America are evaluating the solution for deployment in urban areas to cover unserved areas.
"Alternative and incumbent carriers can now use WiMAX to open their networks to major technology evolution in terms of applications," said Rudy Leser, Alvarion's corporate vice president of strategy and marketing. "By adopting WiMAX as their network strategy, carriers will enjoy 4G applications as well as significant capital and operating costs savings. We are seeing strong demand for this type of open infrastructure solution where new services can be made available while moving to services such as voice over IP."
Primary voice over WiMAX capability is of particular interest to innovative challengers looking to provide voice services, along with broadband, to areas with little or no existing telecom infrastructure. Alvarion voice and broadband data WiMAX networks can be built quickly and without heavy investments in a full scale VoIP network as it can be deployed using the existing TDM infrastructure capacity of V5.2 legacy switches.
In addition, the BreezeMAX integrated voice CPE includes one or two voice lines and battery backup which works to benefit VoIP network operators with its fast and seamless integration for residential and SOHO market segment.
Commercially available in an outdoor version today, the new CPE will be available as an indoor, self-install version in Q2 2007.
On the Cashless Payment front:
Bank of America Evaluates Radio Frequency Cashless Payment Devices
October 27, 2006 | 11:51 AM
Bank of America has chosen USA Technologies' e-Port cashless vending services for their program to evaluate radio frequency cashless payment devices. USA Technologies announced today that the bank was using its e-Port Generation Six (G6) cashless payment technology, developed to accept all forms of payment including credit cards, fobs, contactless cards or other payment devices, in vending machines.
The bank's evaluation follows the deployment earlier this year of 1,000 cashless Coca-Cola vending machines in Philadelphia equipped with the e-Port G6 to accept MasterCard's "PayPass" contactless card payment system. The Philadelphia deployment was the first mass installation of the e-Port G6 in a major market.
"We are excited that Bank of America chose USA Technologies and our e-Port G6 technology to help in bringing greater ease and convenience to the consumer's purchasing experience," said Stephen P. Herbert, President and COO, USA Technologies. "Together we are working to deliver a service that will have a meaningful impact on the way consumers pay for everyday items."
Bank of America, one of the world's largest financial institutions and card issuing companies, is the first bank to target the $40 billion vending market for credit card and other cashless payment transactions.
The bank is evaluating the versatility of the G6 e-Port and how it responds to all forms of cashless payments, whether consumers use a traditional credit card, a fob, contactless cards or other payment devices.
The conversion to credit card vending has accelerated over recent months, with every major card company targeting vending as a major revenue growth opportunity. USA Technologies is working with most of them.
© 2006 WirelessIQ
Ditto that Frank.
As a Tech/Com player GTEM website should be the definative source for Global Info disemination. It should be the source point for all company progress instead of having to sift through all the speculation here.
Good luck getting more assistance here! You would not need it if the GlobeTel website was more dynamic.
sightings #61026 All must read.
2 excellant descriptions of HAA business plans from students @ The University of Surrey / School of Engineering. GTE and all here should take notes. Please email me with your opinions. I don't want to distract this bored from its current focus on bashing each other.
[bOracle One
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/eng/InfoPoint/mddp/mddp05/Airship-1%20Website%20Final/index.html
Project Isis
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/eng/InfoPoint/mddp/mddp05/Airship-2/index.html
I agree.
I see a picture is worth more than a 1,000 words here.LOL
Amen to #3. When can we bolt the revenue earning kit on board!!!! (i.e when will GTEM establish the worlds "first, stratospheric, highest altitude" WiMAX Internet connection)
Update on who is not supplying the PV panels.
I asked ITF Iowa Thin Films a couple of questions.
There response:
Mr. J Cxxxxxx:
Thanks for your interest in PowerFilm Solar. Daystar produces modules based
on CIGS technology on a stainless steel substrate, as does Global Solar.
Our product is made from amorphous silicon on a plastic substrate, which
gives us numerous advantages in weight and flexibility/durability
(specifically, the plastic substrate allows us monolithically integrate the
cells instead of needing mechanical interconnects between series connected
cells).
We are not currently providing material to the Sanswire project.
Thanks again for your interest in PowerFilm Solar.
Craig E. Forney
Vice President of Sales
PowerFilm Solar
News from the LTA front
sighting 61015
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193438723&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Oct. 15, 2006 0:35 | Updated Oct. 15, 2006 13:05
IAI sued for alleged design theft of stationary airship
By DAN IZENBERG
The Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court is due to hear a lawsuit this week submitted by a hi-tech company accusing Israel Aircraft Industries of stealing its plans to develop a stationary airship to be used for surveillance purposes.
In its defense brief, the IAI said that it had not used the plaintiff's plan because it had proved to be faulty, and had developed a stationary airship based on a different concept.
The plaintiffs include scientist Meron Toval; Techtrends Management Consultants, owned by Mordechai and Jonathan Pasternak; and economist David Molner.
According to documents they submitted to the court, the concept of a geostationary airship was invented by Toval. It would be able to serve as a platform for cameras photographing the same site continuously at an altitude of 20 to 23 kilometers, whereas surveillance satellites can only photograph a particular site during part of each orbit they make around the earth.
To develop the idea, Tuval signed a partnership agreement with IAI on January 8, 1996.
The plaintiffs said that according to the agreement, if either side terminated the partnership and abandoned the agreement, it would relinquish all its rights and know-how in the project to the other partner.
On September 21, 1997, IAI informed Toval that it was abandoning the project. In the meantime, Toval had formed a partnership with Techtrends and Molner according to which the new partners would receive shares of the project's profits.
In 2002, the plaintiffs learned that the US Department of Defense was seeking bids for the development of a high altitude airship. More than a year later, the Globes daily reported that the Ministry of Defense wanted to join the project.
In February 2004, during an aeronautical and space industries conference, an IAI engineer revealed details of the company's airship project. According to the plaintiffs, "the plans were exactly the same, proving that it was the same project based on the same idea and principles" as Toval's.
In its response to the lawsuit, IAI said Tuval had lied when he told them his plan was a new invention. "At that time, several companies around the world were already involved in the development of balloons/geostationary airships," IAI said.
Meanwhile, the IAI had joined forces with an American company and began work on another airship concept called the Dolphin. The Dolphin, IAI said, was "completely different from the 'round ship,'" as it called Toval's project.
To support its assertion that Toval had lied when he claimed his design was a new invention, the IAI said its application for an international patent for the idea was rejected, "partly because there was nothing innovative in it and partly because it did not indicate inventive advance... To the best of IAI's knowledge, no patent was ever registered." According to Mordechai Pasternak, IAI applied for and received a US patent for Toval's plan.
DayStar Technologies to Receive $1 Million From 2007 Defense Appropriations Bill
Funding Through US Air Force Research Laboratory for
Advanced Photovoltaic Module Development for Lighter Than Air Vehicles
Halfmoon, NY - October 3, 2006 - DayStar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSTI), a developer and manufacturer of innovative CIGS Photovoltaic Foil™ products, has been named as a recipient of a $1 Million development award in the fiscal year 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations Act for the Advanced Photovoltaic Module Development for Lighter Than Air Vehicles in the United States Air Force Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Advanced Spacecraft Technology Program.
The appropriation request by DayStar originated through Congressman John E. Sweeney (R), 20th District New York. The funds will enable DayStar's continued development and integration activities addressing high specific power and form factor flexibility applications for the Company's LightFoil™ line of CIGS solar cells. DayStar anticipates using a portion of the funds for technology and product development with local New York partners.
Representative John Sweeney said, "The talent and national security work being done right here in the Capital Region is a critical component to our nation's defense and I'm proud to see the local talent being appreciated at the federal level. It's my job to ensure that the federal government is aware of the tremendous work being accomplished here locally. These funds represent the hard work and dedication of DayStar and I will keep doing all I can to support their efforts."
"We appreciate Congressman Sweeney's support and look forward to working closely with the Air Force Research Lab and our New York partners in advancing our unique LightFoil™ cell technology," said Terry Schuyler, vice president of sales and marketing at DayStar Technologies. "Development under this funding will further expand our markets in commercial, national defense and homeland security applications and will also benefit the development of new TerraFoil™ products. This is yet another opportunity for DayStar to demonstrate the enabling value of products produced by our high efficiency manufacturing approach to CIGS solar cells."
First Low-Cost Mobile WiMAX CPE Unveiled
October 12, 2006 | 12:01 PM
A Critical Enabler for WiMAX Mass Deployment Globally.
Accton Technology Corporation launched its first wireless broadband modem for operators that are deploying WiMAX networks in the popular 2 and 3 GHz frequency bands. This brand new series of self-installable CPEs, the WI2400 for operation in the 2 GHz band and the WI3400 for operation in the 3 GHz band, are based on Beceem's industry leading MS120 Mobile WiMAX chipset.
The CPEs are equipped with two detachable Omni antennas and one optional external antenna. They are easy to install and allow service providers to address the needs of the fast growing wireless broadband market
"Beceem is the leading provider of IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX chipsets and technology. Accton is very happy to have Beceem Communications as its partner for WiMAX solutions, which are fully compliant with the WiMAX forum profile requirements. Utilizing our superior design capabilities in data networking, wireless, and home gateways as well as our proven low cost, high volume manufacturing capabilities, the WI2400 and WI3400 are setting the benchmark for cost effective high performance CPEs," said Cashew Chen, Vice President of Accton Technology.
According to a recent WiMAX market report, global WiMAX infrastructure spending will rise from $655M in 2006 to more than $7B in 2009. Operators of WiMAX network in urban and suburban areas need cost effective, self-installable WiMAX devices to accelerate subscriber adoption. This low cost WiMAX CPE, provided by Accton, is a key enabler for the mass deployment of WiMAX networks globally, especially in emerging markets like India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
http://www.wirelessiq.com/printnewsfeed.jsp?id=8505
My bold on the dollar projection.
I was there in March. In your google map it is the the 2 large square buildings connected diagonally. Between South Hollybrook Dr. & SW 89th Ave. on the southside of 820/Pines Blvd./Hollywood Blvd. GTEM is on the first floor.
sighting 61010
http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2006/3rd_quarter/QinetiQ_s_Zephyr_UAV_ac...
14 August 06
QinetiQ's Zephyr UAV achieves flight record
Zephyr in flight above the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
Hi-res download
(368kb )
High altitude, long endurance aircraft flies into the night for the first time
QinetiQ's Zephyr High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) solar powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has achieved its longest flight to date during a set of flight trials at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at the end of July. One of the three aircraft flown in the trials flew for 18 hours, including 7 hours of flying in the dark, the first time Zephyr has flown at night. The aircraft flew using solar power for the ascent, reverting to battery power as dusk fell.
Zephyr is an ultra-lightweight electrically powered aircraft, with a wingspan of up to 16 metres but weighing less than 30 kg. The aircraft uses a combination of solar array and rechargeable batteries and, when fully developed, is expected to operate for months at a time at an altitude above 50,000 feet providing a sustained and persistent earth observation platform.
In addition to confirming the anticipated flight performance, the trials demonstrated a suite of payloads flown onboard two of the aircraft. The UAV platform was successfully used for the first time as a communications relay, demonstrating capability beyond line of sight between handsets on the ground at significant distances in mountainous terrain. A number of different electro-optical and infra-red payloads were also successfully operated, providing a mix of images and video transmitted from the aircraft in real time.
Zephyr has been developed by QinetiQ under a jointly funded programme with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). Lord Drayson, Minister for Defence Procurement, praised the Zephyr programme during his key note address at the recent Farnborough International Air Show, describing it as "a truly unique capability".
Paul Davey, Zephyr development director at QinetiQ, said: "I am delighted by our recent flight achievements. The latest trials have validated the design goal for long endurance operations at altitudes above the weather and air traffic and support our goal of being able to offer an operational low cost persistent military capability from 2008."
In addition to supporting defence and security requirements, Zephyr is an ideal platform for a variety of civilian mapping, earth observation and atmospheric sensing applications, for example for pipeline, crop and forestry fire monitoring, fisheries protection and border control.
Two Zephyr aircraft were first trialled at White Sands in December 2005, achieving a maximum duration of 6 hours and an altitude above 26,000 feet. Both aircraft were successfully recovered and subsequently reflown in the recent July trials. The principal aims of the latest trials were to extend significantly the flight envelope and to demonstrate payload capability. Both were achieved - the maximum flight duration was trebled and the maximum altitude increased by a further 10,000 feet to 36,000 feet.
> More on Zephyr
Press Officer: Ben White
See my post #21013
I found this while searching the ICS website:
http://www.ics-uk.com/ICS/English/englishContactLondon1.htm
Contact - London
London is our Corporate Headquarters. Our London office provides the ICS group with an extensive support infrastructure which facilitates its day-to-day operations. The UK operation also houses our extensive research and development arm, Advanced Technologies Group, which provides our consultants with leading-edge tools and proven methodologies certified to ISO-9001 standards.
contact details:-
If the above reference to Advance Technologies Group is the same ATG that pioneered LTA development in the UK than I will have to say that Strat development will continue. My only concern is that ATG went into recievership in 2004. They were big players in the LTA field. I have been wondering who ended up with their intellectual property. Skycat was originally an ATG development.
of note in the world of WiMAX
Motorola Drives to Deliver WiMAX
October 11, 2006 | 11:52 AM
Motorola Inc. continues its aggressive leadership in bringing WiMAX to market by unveiling its first generation portfolio of WiMAX Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) at WiMAX World USA. Motorola also is featuring its first live mobile WiMAX demonstration using its WAP 25400 access points with diversity antenna techniques to perform handoffs to a WiMAX end-user device.
"Motorola is at the forefront of delivering complete end-to-end WiMAX solutions and services to meet operators' ever-growing demands for bandwidth, simple networks and mobility," said Dan Coombes, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Motorola Networks & Enterprise. "Mobility is the key to delivering what consumers, enterprise and governments want -- personal broadband services and experiences that match what they have at home or in the office while they are out in the world."
Operator interest in and commitment to WiMAX continues to grow, as has Motorola's WiMAX momentum. For example, in the United States Motorola has been selected by Sprint Nextel as a vendor for its nationwide WiMAX network and Clearwire has selected Motorola's WiMAX technology for its nationwide broadband network.
Motorola is actively engaged in delivering WiMAX equipment to support 18 market trials worldwide, and currently is deploying a nationwide 802.16e network in Pakistan.
Motorola's portfolio of WiMAX devices on display at WiMAX World USA will include the outdoor CPEo 200 Series unit as well as indoor desktop units from the CPEi 200 Series, the CPEi 400 Series, and the CPEi 600 Series. These Motorola WiMAX desktop CPEs are easy to install with "plug and play" functionality. They feature multiple antennas to support advanced diversity techniques that, combined with multi-antenna operations at the access points, provide excellent range, throughput, and indoor penetration. Available features include integrated VoIP, remote antenna options, robust security and full QoS support. The full range of Motorola WiMAX devices on display at WiMAX World USA is scheduled to be available for trials in Q4 2006, with general availability within the first half of 2007.
Motorola will demonstrate the mobility features of its WiMAX solution using two Motorola WAP 25400 access points, which feature diversity antenna techniques, and laptops with PCMCIA cards that incorporate an 802.16e chip from Beceem Communications. In addition to live demonstrations of the mobile handoff capability of the WAP 25400, visitors can participate in Internet browsing, rich media streaming and video telephony further enabled by live connections to an IMS. The WAP 25400 features multiple in, multiple out (MIMO) capability and supports fixed, nomadic and mobile applications. It is scheduled for trial deployments in 2006 and for general availability in Q2 2007.
In addition to the wi4 WiMAX portfolio, Motorola's wi4 Mesh, wi4 Fixed and wi4 Broadband over Powerline solutions from its MOTOwi4 portfolio, plus services and core solutions will be on display. MOTOwi4 is a portfolio of wireless broadband solutions and services that create, complement and complete IP networks.
© 2006 WirelessIQ
Girls,Girls,Girrrls
If you're long you're not gone.
If you're short....?
Well you are just short & I hope you will soon be gone.
That position might be the cause of a genetic defect.
"Liars figure, and figures lie." ann0minus
hansum " Thanks for the Rocketboy quote & the chance to interject some of my cryptic wisdom to this ragging iHUB bored.
nilremerlin,
I have long enjoyed your insightful posts. Nov. 22-25th I will be in Williamsburg/Brooklyn. E-mail me directly if you would consider a face to face meet-up to discuss the future of GTE, STRAT's & Telecoms.
sighting 60911
My Googlebot just delivered this. The only way I can explain the date below is that the original google link was to Emirates News. Is it already tomorrow over there ? I have not checked the Flight International site to determeine its actual release date. I thought Raytheon was the lead contractor for the paint-on antenna ?
DATE:12/09/06
SOURCE:Flight International
Airship tests 'painted on' antenna
By Rob Coppinger
Teleconferencing over the Nevada desert as Cyberdefense Systems' SA-60 transmits and receives data
A lightweight conformal antenna that can be "painted" onto the exterior of an aircraft has been tested on an airship in the Nevada desert.
Antennas were applied to the exterior of a Cyberdefense Systems SA-60 airship at various points, which transmitted and received voice and data channels via the Iridium satellite constellation.
A US Air Force Research Laboratory small business research programme has funded the conformal antenna work. "Iridium bit error rate data transmission and receptions were tested and voice communications to and from the airship with teleconferencing were tested successfully," says Cyberdefense Systems. The 1.57m (62in)-diameter SA-60 has a 5h endurance, cruise speed of 30kt (56km/h) at 7,500-10,000ft (2,140-3,050m) and can carry a 227kg (500lb) payload.
US companies Applied EM and Unitech are developing the conformal antenna technology.
In related research, the US Air Force has developed a low-frequency band, active electronically scanned array radar that also functions as a load-bearing part of an airframe. It will be flight tested within the next two years.
Strato,Dani&Design
Midnight is when today turns into tomorrow.
"Character is what you are in the dark." Dr.E.L.
-40 C & insight from an ex-LockMart engineer.
The link below gives us an insiders view of how L/M delivers on its DOD contracts. No wonder their HAA program is busy fixing the only door big enough to let out the fruits from the $150 million effort. Ooops another fire !! This is why I strongly caution all here who hope for military contracts for GTE. As budget constraints get tighter fringe projects with questionable past histories cannot compete with DoD/MIC established funding. I have always felt GTE has the potential to deliver the first HAA because they have a commercial use for it in their business plan. GTE's real challenge is making those other units perform so as to warrant the R&D&B(buildout)of the Stratellite.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082801293.html
De Kort said he realized within about a month of beginning work on the ship that the project had serious flaws. Among them, he said, was that the ship's surveillance system had blind spots that exposed crew members to the possibility of attack. He also said that the ship's supposedly secure communications system was susceptible to eavesdropping and that some of its equipment will not work in extreme cold despite a requirement that everything function at minus 40 degrees.
On the WiMax front !
Mexican billionaire grabs WiMAX operation in Argentina
By Fernando Cassia in Argentina: 31st Aug 2006, 16:24
MEXICAN TELECOM entrepreneur Carlos Slim seems ready to fight the incumbents in Argentina with the announced move by Telmex to buy local ISP Ertach, which operates one of the two WiMAX networks in the country.
The news quietly hit the news wires last week, when only Reuters reported that Telmex "signed a preliminary deal" to buy the wireless broadband ISP for $22.5 million. Carlos Slim of Telmex is according to reports currently at number three in the World's billionaires list, and this acquisition -surely "pocket change" for him- will hopefully help consumers in Argentina get faster broadband, at better prices.
This is not the first purchase by the company, which previously snapped the local operation of AT&T and business communications provider MetroRed. Telmex Argentina currently has a local network for voice and data traffic, but customers not served by this backbone are reached by wireless means, with omni-directional "shared bandwidth" service for residential customers, and LMDS links for business. The company has been promoting for instance a "phone + broadband internet" wireless service bundle for around USD $60 a month, for which the company uses networking equipment from Canadian vendor SRTelecom, and operating in the company's licensed 3.3Ghz spectrum. The technology used for this service currently limits its speed to 1Mbit downstream for the internet service, plus giving the user up to two RJ11 analogue phone lines -which unlike VOIP services, these do support fax and v90 data modems, it should be noted-.
Attack by Air
Local Loop Unbundling is a phrase that has always irked the two incumbents, Telecom Argentina -owned by Italy's Telecom and a local group- serving the northern half of the country, and Telefonica de Argentina, owned by Spain's Telefonica group and which serves the southern halve. And currently, there is no such unbundling. The process which was started back in November 2000 and which would have allowed new players like Telmex or IPlan to access the customers via their existing copper wires stalled after the financial meltdown in 2001. Consumers have since been captive of the two non-competing incumbents when it comes to the speed of ADSL service - you can choose your ISP but the choice is an illusion, the data backbone and the DSLAMs -as well as the speeds and service levels- are set in stone by the incumbents which operate the backbone.
This leaves newcomers like Telmex with no option but to reach the customers by air. And this is where the acquisition of Ertach's WiMAX ISP will position Telmex as a major player. The broadband provider -formerly known as Millicom Argentina- began operating last year the country's largest WiMAX network, after winning a contract to build a "single data and phone network" for the province of Buenos Aires, linking 100 municipalities together in a single unified network that provides data and voice services to the city halls, police, school boards, and municipal public hospitals, among others. The company showed the Alvarion WiMax equipment of its choice at last years' Expocomm exhibition, see "Alvarion grabs WiMAX market in South America", here.
Victor Algara, General Manager of Telmex Argentina told local news magazine El Economista that the company currently has around 11% of the corporate market, and is aiming to reach one third of the pie. He said he expects the highest growth on the SMB (small to medium sized business) due to the economic recovery in the country. The report also mentions that Telmex holds the third place in the long-distance voice calls market, following the two incumbents.
Despite the record economy growth, some players reluctant to lay fibre
This scribbler has been suffering the limited upstream speeds of residential ADSL in Argentina for years. The best you can get is 256 kbps, and even by selecting the more expensive "corporate" cable modem service by some cable TV operators they limit you to a paltry 384 kbps. The only hope until now has been to use the services of one of the new players which arrived six years ago when the telecommunications market was opened to competition. Take for instance IPlan -an independent company and one of Telmex competitors- for instance: if you are luckily enough to live in a neighbourhood where IPlan has laid their fibre/copper networks, you can get a nice symmetric pipe to the Net, sometimes for less than $100 USD/month.
However, I have patiently waited for three years by now, and despite repeatedly reading about IPlan's network expansion and despite being only two blocks away from a major avenue along which one of IPlan's network optic fibres is laid, Pablo Subidet, General Manager the company IPlan told this writing geek: "the current and mid-term investment plans do not contemplate the construction (expansion) of the network that would allow us to fulfil your request". Two years ago, the company suggested I'd have to bear the cost of the network extension to reach my premises -remember the company's optic fibre cable passes two blocks away- and a company representative told me at the time it'd cost me around $7,000 greenbacks to pay for such network extension from my own pocket.
I celebrate, then, the prospect of a new player with big pockets like Slim's Telmex giving WiMAX the push it deserves in order to reach mainstream connected geeks who are desperate to escape the local-loop monopoly of ADSL and its absurdly low upstream speeds, and also the technically limited nature of cable modem based ISPs