A South Korean-Austrian drone partnership is targeting one of modern warfare’s hardest problems: keeping communications alive when the enemy is actively trying to jam them.
Hanwha Systems and Schiebel Group have kicked off joint development of a next-generation airborne communications unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), holding a project kickoff meeting at Schiebel’s Seoul office that moves the two companies from agreement into execution.
The envisioned UAV will be equipped with a fifth-generation (5G) mobile base station, airborne relay communications equipment, and related avionics.
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