Tethered Drones as Tactical Aerial Telecommunications Relays
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Blair Hickey, Managing Director at Omega Dev Group, and Mark Stone, C4/ISR Business at Federal Resources, two Experts in Tactical Telecommunications, share their opinion on the use of tethered drones as tactical aerial telecommunications relays.
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Speakers
Blair Hickey
Omega Development Group
Former military in the Australian Defence Force, Managing Director at Omega Dev Group
Federal Resources Supply Co
C4ISR team member at Federal Resources working on tactical communications integration projects
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Tethered drones as tactical communication relays
Tethered drones offer extended communication range, improved line-of-sight and can be rapidly deployed for tactical operations.
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Reducing ground clutter effects
By placing the antenna at a higher elevation, it reduces the chance of signal interference caused by ground-based obstacles such as buildings, vegetation, or uneven terrain.
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Tethered drones vs other equipment
Key differences between tethered drones and other equipment such as aerostats resides in the flexibility, weather tolerance, and intelligence of the tethered UAS.
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