The Comtech troposcatter COMET system with its 1 m dish showing a BLOS communications path of 41.9 km. (Spectra)

Spectra Group has been awarded a contract to supply Comtech Systems' tropospheric scatter Compact Over-the-horizon Mobile Expeditionary Terminal (COMET) to the UK Royal Marines (RM), the company announced on 17 March.

Representatives did not disclose further details regarding the contract value and equipment numbers.

The contract was placed through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), making COMET available to all NATO countries for the next three years via the NATO catalogue.

Tropospheric scatter (troposcatter) technology uses microwave radio signals transmitted on a narrow beam, which are scattered as they pass through the troposphere. Some of the signal is reflected back to Earth to a receiver, providing beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications.

Troposcatter is satellite-independent, effective in high latitudes, and works in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied or degraded environments. The low-power directional signal using complex waveforms is also difficult to detect.

The Comtech troposcatter COMET system with its 1 m dish showing a BLOS communications path of 41.9 km. (Spectra)

Spectra Group has been awarded a contract to supply Comtech Systems' tropospheric scatter Compact Over-the-horizon Mobile Expeditionary Terminal (COMET) to the UK Royal Marines (RM), the company announced on 17 March.

Representatives did not disclose further details regarding the contract value and equipment numbers.

The contract was placed through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), making COMET available to all NATO countries for the next three years via the NATO catalogue.

Tropospheric scatter (troposcatter) technology uses microwave radio signals transmitted on a narrow beam, which are scattered as they pass through the troposphere. Some of the signal is reflected back to Earth to a receiver, providing beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications.

Troposcatter is satellite-independent, effective in high latitudes, and works in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied or degraded environments. The low-power directional signal using complex waveforms is also difficult to detect.

The Comtech troposcatter COMET system with its 1 m dish showing a BLOS communications path of 41.9 km. (Spectra)

Spectra Group has been awarded a contract to supply Comtech Systems' tropospheric scatter Compact Over-the-horizon Mobile Expeditionary Terminal (COMET) to the UK Royal Marines (RM), the company announced on 17 March.

Representatives did not disclose further details regarding the contract value and equipment numbers.

The contract was placed through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), making COMET available to all NATO countries for the next three years via the NATO catalogue.

Tropospheric scatter (troposcatter) technology uses microwave radio signals transmitted on a narrow beam, which are scattered as they pass through the troposphere. Some of the signal is reflected back to Earth to a receiver, providing beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications.

Troposcatter is satellite-independent, effective in high latitudes, and works in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied or degraded environments. The low-power directional signal using complex waveforms is also difficult to detect.

The Comtech troposcatter COMET system with its 1 m dish showing a BLOS communications path of 41.9 km. (Spectra)

Spectra Group has been awarded a contract to supply Comtech Systems' tropospheric scatter Compact Over-the-horizon Mobile Expeditionary Terminal (COMET) to the UK Royal Marines (RM), the company announced on 17 March.

Representatives did not disclose further details regarding the contract value and equipment numbers.

The contract was placed through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), making COMET available to all NATO countries for the next three years via the NATO catalogue.

Tropospheric scatter (troposcatter) technology uses microwave radio signals transmitted on a narrow beam, which are scattered as they pass through the troposphere. Some of the signal is reflected back to Earth to a receiver, providing beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications.

Troposcatter is satellite-independent, effective in high latitudes, and works in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied or degraded environments. The low-power directional signal using complex waveforms is also difficult to detect.

The Comtech troposcatter COMET system with its 1 m dish showing a BLOS communications path of 41.9 km. (Spectra)

Spectra Group has been awarded a contract to supply Comtech Systems' tropospheric scatter Compact Over-the-horizon Mobile Expeditionary Terminal (COMET) to the UK Royal Marines (RM), the company announced on 17 March.

Representatives did not disclose further details regarding the contract value and equipment numbers.

The contract was placed through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), making COMET available to all NATO countries for the next three years via the NATO catalogue.

Tropospheric scatter (troposcatter) technology uses microwave radio signals transmitted on a narrow beam, which are scattered as they pass through the troposphere. Some of the signal is reflected back to Earth to a receiver, providing beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications.

Troposcatter is satellite-independent, effective in high latitudes, and works in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied or degraded environments. The low-power directional signal using complex waveforms is also difficult to detect.

The Comtech troposcatter COMET system with its 1 m dish showing a BLOS communications path of 41.9 km. (Spectra)

Spectra Group has been awarded a contract to supply Comtech Systems' tropospheric scatter Compact Over-the-horizon Mobile Expeditionary Terminal (COMET) to the UK Royal Marines (RM), the company announced on 17 March.

Representatives did not disclose further details regarding the contract value and equipment numbers.

The contract was placed through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), making COMET available to all NATO countries for the next three years via the NATO catalogue.

Tropospheric scatter (troposcatter) technology uses microwave radio signals transmitted on a narrow beam, which are scattered as they pass through the troposphere. Some of the signal is reflected back to Earth to a receiver, providing beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications.

Troposcatter is satellite-independent, effective in high latitudes, and works in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied or degraded environments. The low-power directional signal using complex waveforms is also difficult to detect.