NAL Research has been awarded an $8.8 million Navy contract to improve the ISR support capabilities of Iridium satellites. The company will support existing, new or modified Iridium devices and Iridium network capabilities such as global data broadcast,according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.
In particular, NAL will support the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) for ISR missions. "The persistence in detecting, identifying, and characterizing changes in a target's status anywhere and anytime requires a new set of devices," the Department of Defense said. "The persistent ISR capability provided by this acquisition will provide NSWCDD with the ability to provide new tagging, tracking and locating devices and surveillance capabilities of the Iridium network capable of continued observational access to multiple targets operating in their area of responsibility."
The work is scheduled to be completed by May 2020.
