Horizon Space Technologies is a global leader in innovative SIGINT (signals intelligence) and space-based Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) intelligence solutions. They are known for their Amber™ constellation of CubeSats, which provide space-based maritime domain awareness data to government and commercial customers by detecting and geolocating RF signals from vessels. The company's key products include the FlyingFish™ and BlackFish™ SIGINT systems, and they partner with organizations like the UK National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC). Keywords associated with Horizon Space Technologies are SIGINT, maritime domain awareness, CubeSats, and RF signal geolocation.
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IOD-3 AMBER (aka IOD-3) was developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space in the U.K.
Horizon Technologies received a number of 1Q 2022 orders from a variety of customers around the world seeking to upgrade their ISR capabilities.
Horizon Technologies enables its NATO customers to provide real-time SIGINT data to requisite C3I networks.
AmberLink will provide ISR and SIGINT aircraft with a direct real-time data feed from Horizon Technologies’ Amber™ space-based intelligence data system.
Horizon Technologies plans additional launches of Amber™ cubesats that will be formally announced at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2022.
Horizon Technologies plans to implement AmberLink as part of the FlyingFish™/BlackFish™ mission software later in 2022.
British startup Horizon Technologies, Luxembourg-based Kleos Space, and France’s Unseenlabs plan to deploy satellites in the near term to build out maritime surveillance capabilities.
Horizon Technologies will provide continuous commercial RF intelligence data collected 24/7 rather than providing RF mapping on command.
Horizon Technologies will launch the first AMBER™ commercial SIGINT smallsat in 2022 as part of a public/private partnership with the UK Government to provide a Maritime Intelligence Data Service based in space.
In early 2022, Horizon Technologies and Airborne Technologies will start offering BlackFish™ integration in standard SCAR-Pods and in a dedicated BlackFish™ SCAR-Pod.
AAC Clyde Space won a £4.6 million order from Horizon Space Technologies for a full turnkey solution including two satellite launches, operations, and data delivery.
Horizon Space Technologies is the prime contractor for the UK Government’s Amber™ program, which will consist of Amber™ cubesats in multiple orbital planes to provide global Maritime Domain Awareness data to the National Maritime Information Centre led by the Royal Navy.
The two satellites contracted from AAC Clyde Space will become part of Horizon Space Technologies’ Amber™ constellation dedicated to delivering Maritime Domain Awareness intelligence data.
British company Horizon Space Technologies raised funds in May to develop a radio-frequency-mapping maritime surveillance system.
Horizon Technologies planned to show an actual BlackFish production version at DSEI on 14–17 September 2021 at the UK Pavilion H2-958.
The two smallsats procured by Horizon Space Technologies from AAC Clyde Space will become part of the Amber™ constellation dedicated to delivering Maritime Domain Awareness intelligence data.
AAC Clyde Space won a £4.6 million order from Horizon Space Technologies for a full turn-key solution that includes two new smallsat launches, operations, and data delivery.
The order from Horizon Space Technologies is a follow-on from the Satellite Applications Catapult IOD program (IOD-3 AMBER) for which AAC will deliver a 6U cubesat to the International Space Station in 2021 for deployment to orbit.
The managed services agreement between AAC Clyde Space and Horizon Technologies includes securing two satellite launches in the second half of 2022 and handling operations and data delivery.
Horizon Technologies plans to launch Amber-1 later 2021.