Spectra Group (UK) Ltd is a global provider of tactical and strategic mission-critical communication systems, offering secure voice, data, and satellite communications. They specialize in delivering robust solutions for defense, security, aid, emergency, and commercial organizations, particularly in locations with limited infrastructure. Spectra Group has partnerships with major networking and satellite suppliers and offers satellite services and systems like SlingShot®. They are also part of Athena, the UK's national space team, to work on government satellite communication opportunities.
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Spectra Group participated in the UK Army Warfighting Experiment 2020 (AWE20) to demonstrate high-capacity over-the-horizon communications systems.
Simon Davies, President of Spectra Group, emphasized the importance of participating in AWE20 with the COMET troposcatter system.
At AWE20, Spectra Group demonstrated the COMET (Compact Over-the-horizon Mobile Expeditionary Terminal), which provides high-capacity, low-latency data links for communications without relying on satellites or line-of-sight repeaters.
COMET, along with Spectra Group's SlingShot satellite tactical communications system, completes a mobile communications suite.
Spectra Group's new low-RF signature modems can deliver bandwidths far exceeding those possible with satellite communications systems.
The mobile communications suite enables Spectra Group to deliver remote, beyond line-of-sight communications capability with and without satellites.