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July 19, 2016

New Class of RPAs Well Suited to a Variety of Government Uses
McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 18, 2016
Just as Intelsat is launching its new generation of Intelsat EpicNG high-throughput satellites, a new type of small remotely piloted aircraft (sUAS) is being outfitted with beyond-line-of-sight SATCOM systems that are ideally suited to EpicNG spot-beam capabilities. Known as Class III RPAs, these aircraft are often small enough to fit into a small shipping container. With such portability, they could be used by federal, state and local government officials across a range of non-military applicatio ... read more

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