AeroVironment announced a nearly $240 million order from an undisclosed customer to supply and deploy its long‑haul laser communications terminals on orbit, representing a major commercial‑scale award for the company’s space optical communications capability and advancing high‑capacity links in space.
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Nearly $240 million order to supply and deploy on‑orbit long‑haul laser communications terminals — a contract size comparable to other recent multi‑hundred‑million space awards, such as the US Space Force’s $237M Modular Open System Bus award (https://hype.aero/?story=d6397fee-60ad-4534-9ca3-03681a50b81d).
Validates rising demand for high‑capacity, low‑latency optical backbones in orbit and strengthens AeroVironment’s move into larger space systems after its recent U.S. Army long‑range reconnaissance deliveries (https://hype.aero/?story=345ce50f-8dfc-43f8-be6d-a9b51e2ececa).
Reinforces supplier momentum in space communications alongside advances in complementary RF and phased‑array platforms, such as CapLink phased‑array and multi‑orbit RF sensing deployments (https://hype.aero/?story=ac9572d2-8969-4dfa-8d1a-3b383d67ac77, https://hype.aero/?story=2ed22094-fc26-47ec-a3cc-0c58db69b44a).
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AeroVironment wins $240 million order for long-haul laser communications space terminals • defence-industry.eu