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02 Sep 25. Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. (TASE: ORBI), a leading global provider of ground, airborne, and maritime SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions, and mission-critical communication systems, announced the launch of the Multi-Porpuse SATCOM Terminal MPT30Ka SATCOM On-The-Move (SOTM), its most compact satellite communication system available for military vehicles, maritime vessels and rapid deployment. Nowadays, military mobile platforms are increasingly equipped with a wide range of payloads, including radars, weapon systems and advanced sensors. This creates a significant demand for compact SATCOM solutions that minimize their footprint without compromising on performance. The MPT30Ka SOTM addresses this operational requirement by delivering a low power consumption system and compact design , yet maintains uninterrupted, high-capacity connectivity. The system meets multiple military standrds such as MIL-STD-461G/810G/1275 making it fully resilient to electromagnetic interference. Thus, it ensures continuous, and secure communication even when radars and electronic systems are simultaneously active, and maintains reliable operation in harsh and demanding terrain conditions, guaranteeing mission success anytime and anywhere. The MPT30Ka SOTM offers unmatched operational flexibility. Thanks to its compact and light design, it enables a rapid ground deployement, and is simple to operate without complex field assembly. This maximizes ground forces efficiency and contributes mission success by providing immediate, secure communication, with full connectivity both on the move and during stationary missions. Proven operationally on mobile platforms in multi-orbit GEO/MEO/HEO/LEO satellite constelletions as well as at multi-polarizations, the MPT30Ka SOTM delivers the resilience and flexibility essential for modern tactical operations even at a GPS denied environment and other field interferences.
Daniel Eshchar, CEO of Orbit Communication Systems, said: “The MPT30Ka represents a breakthrough in tactical SATCOM. It delivers exceptionally high performance, giving forces in the field the compactness, flexibility, and reliability they need to succeed in today’s demanding missions. Orbit’s SATCOM systems for land vehicles have already been battle-proven by armies worldwide, and the MPT30Ka builds on this legacy with unmatched capability in the most compact form.”
About Orbit Communication Systems:
Orbit Communication Systems, a global leader in ground, airborne and maritime communications, satellite tracking, and ground-station technology, revolutionizes global connectivity with cutting-edge solutions for the new space era. Our state-of-the-art systems are utilized on a wide range of platforms, including mission aircraft, trainers, rotary-wing aircraft, transport vessels, tankers, jet fighters and unmanned platforms. Our reach extends to naval vessels, armored land platforms, cruise ships, ground stations, and offshore platforms, ensuring comprehensive coverage across maritime and terrestrial domains.
Orbit provides innovative, cost-effective, and reliable solutions to commercial operators, major air forces, navies, space agencies, and emerging New Space companies. Orbit is publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is under the control of the FIMI Investment Fund. The company maintains a subsidiary in Florida, USA, which provides production, integration, and support capabilities for the North American market. Its global operations, encompassing marketing, sales, and customer service, extend across Europe, and the Far East.
31 Jul 25. Eycore and Kongsberg NanoAvionics to Collaborate on Next-Gen SAR Satellites for NATO and Allied Defence Applications.
- Their first mission will validate a fully European, all-weather imaging capability tailored to defence and security users worldwide.
Eycore, an emerging developer of compact synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) payloads, and small-satellite manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) today announced an agreement to place Eycore’s inaugural SAR demonstrator into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter rideshare mission in the first quarter of 2026. The flight will test Eycore’s X-band radar on NanoAvionics’ flight-proven MP42 microsatellite bus, laying the groundwork for an all-European, military-grade SAR solution that provides governments with rapid, sovereign access to sub-meter, day-night, all-weather imagery. The spacecraft will operate from a 510-kilometer, sun-synchronous orbit. At the core of the mission is Eycore’s deployable active phased-array antenna. It consists of five panels, one fixed and four unfolding in space to create a large aperture without compromising launch volume. NanoAvionics’ MP42 platform will provide the necessary peak power for the payload, data downlink, as well as the attitude control agility and stability required for various imaging modes for different intelligence requirements: Stripmap for continuous swath coverage, Spotlight for sub-meter resolution of priority targets, and ScanSAR for very wide-area awareness. Together, these modes enable operators to seamlessly shift from border-length surveillance to vehicle-level inspection, ensuring relevance across intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), border security, maritime domain awareness, and rapid disaster response. The companies have also been working in parallel on a satellite bus and next-generation payload, offering even higher resolution, wider swath, longer imaging times, higher incidence angle, and other improvements.
“Partnering with a reliable bus provider like Kongsberg NanoAvionics lets us focus on perfecting our SAR technology while de-risking the platform, launch, and operations,” said Tomasz Kusowski, Co-founder & VP of the Management Board of Eycore. “This demonstrator is the springboard for high-performance European SAR satellites that will deliver tactical data for national security and defense applications.”
Atle Wøllo, CEO of Kongsberg NanoAvionics, added: “Across Europe we are seeing rising demand for domestically controlled, all-weather Earth observation. By combining our small satellites with Eycore’s sensors, we are giving governments a fast, cost-effective path to sovereign SAR capabilities that strengthen national security and resilience.”
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Founded in 2017, MatrixSpace is creating the next generation of artificial intelligence enabled sensing solutions to digitize the outdoors beyond the limits of human perception.
The company combines novel artificial intelligence and radar technologies to identify movement and provide context in real-time. MatrixSpace sensors are the smallest, lightest and most portable high-performance systems on the market powered by AI. They deliver actionable insights that empower a broad range of public and private enterprises to protect assets and maintain safety with superior situational awareness.
For the modern, mobile battlespace, MatrixSpace provides both high performance 4D radar and jam-resistant mesh networked communications engineered to perform in the harshest conditions—day or night, in any weather, and in remote, rugged locations. Designed for flexibility, our radar systems can be integrated with tactical vehicles or mounted on structures like buildings, TOCs, or stanchions. Offering 360° coverage, they provide unmatched field-of-view advantages, while low energy consumption allows for solar/battery-powered operation in off-grid environments at twice the duration and a fraction the cost of alternatives. The MatrixSpace AI platform removes clutter and classifies objects, so operators can act confidently without specialized radar expertise.
The MatrixSpace expeditionary radar kit fits in a standard daypack and contains everything needed to deliver actionable detections to an ATAK mobile device in less than 5 mins.
MatrixSpace solutions are designed and developed in the United States, without ITAR export restrictions, manufactured under the highest ISO and IATF standards and rigorously tested for quality, reliability and compliance.
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