Gilat wins 10 million dollar order for transportable direct downlink earth observation system

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has secured an order of about 10 million dollars for a customized Earth observation direct downlink solution to be delivered over the next 12 months. The contract was awarded to Gilat DataPath and broadens the role of Gilat Defense from satellite communications into Earth observation and geospatial intelligence.

The system is based on a transportable direct downlink terminal that field teams can deploy in remote or contested regions to receive data directly from Earth observation satellites, rather than relying on fixed ground stations and multiple relay hops. This architecture is intended to cut latency by moving data reception and processing closer to the users wh

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