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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Tiny Satellites To Give Warfighters a Bird's-Eye View of the Battlefield


Small, “disposable” satellites launched from fighter jets could soon give soldiers a birds-eye view of the battlefield at a fraction of the cost of other sensors.

SeeMe satellites, now in development at Raytheon, will give warfighters a nearly instant, zoomed-in view of enemies in the next canyon or behind a hill.

The satellites will beam images to existing communication devices, and eventually to smartphones.

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