{"id":87045,"date":"2010-04-29T20:14:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/defense-contractor-invests-in-near-space-uav-design-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2010-04-29T20:14:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T12:14:25","slug":"defense-contractor-invests-in-near-space-uav-design-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/defense-contractor-invests-in-near-space-uav-design-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Contractor Invests in Near-Space UAV Design Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">[04-29-10] Defense contractor <strong>Global Telesat Corp.<\/strong> (GTC) has agreed to purchase a 50 percent interest in one of <strong>Sanswire Corp<\/strong>.\u2019s SkySat airships for $250,000, with an option to purchase the remaining half for an additional $750,000, Sanswire announced April 28.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The SkySat is Sanswire\u2019s mid-altitude UAV platform. The airship initially was designed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions performed at altitudes up to 45,000 feet. Sanswire and Global Telesat intend to upgrade the airship to improve its viability for multipurpose defense and communications operations.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Global Telesat\u2019s option expires at the end of 2010. The companies said they would use the partnership opportunity to upgrade the UAV to improve its viability for multipurpose defense and communications operations. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\u201cWe also are expanding our product portfolio of integrated, near-space UAV designs. Our goal is to offer a broad range of low-cost, long-duration surveillance solutions for our customers that can be delivered in a timely and cost-efficient manner,\u201d Sanswire Chairman (Ret.) U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Wayne Jackson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment-->   &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[04-29-10] Defense contractor Global Telesat Corp. (GTC) has agreed to purchase a 50 percent interest in one of Sanswire Corp.\u2019s SkySat airships for $250,000, with an option to purchase the remaining half for an additional $750,000, Sanswire announced April 28. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The SkySat is Sanswire\u2019s mid-altitude UAV platform. The airship initially was designed for intelligence, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}