QinetiQ’s North American subsidiary has won a contract worth $31.8 million to develop and build a blue laser system for covert communications between a submarine and aircraft flying overhead.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has made the award under its Tactical Relay Information Network (TRITON) program, with a live evaluation of the system scheduled for a key naval exercise taking place in mid-2012.
QinetiQ, which was spun out of the UK’s Ministry of Defence ten years ago, and remains headquartered in the UK, is already working on a blue-laser communication system known as “SEADEEP” – short for Submarine-Enabling Airborne Data Exchange and Enhancement Program. That system can be carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to support submarines.
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