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OHB rewarded for successful work in military image transmission with
follow-up contracts
Complex ARDS transmission system to be extended with three new contracts
worth around EUR 9 million
Bremen, December 12, 2007. Bremen-based space and high-tech company
OHB-System AG, a subsidiary of OHB Technology AG (Prime Standard, ISIN:
DE0005936124), has received three new contracts for the radio transmission
of high-resolution aerial reconnaissance images.
The first contract entails a high-rate data link system for the
revolutionary new system AGILES UAV. OHB will be supplying a broad-band
data link known as ARDS (Aerial Reconnaissance Data System). This link has
been initiated as part of the German Federal Government’s Research and
Technology Program and developed and readied for the market by OHB over the
past few years using its own funds. Under the terms of the new contract,
ARDS will be modified and qualified for AGILES UAV and assembled for system
demonstration by the customer EADS Military Air Systems. 'The use of ARDS
for this system marks a major step in the deployment of unmanned
observation and reconnaissance vehicles in Germany and Europe,' stresses
Wilfried Wetjen, head of Aerial Reconnaissance Systems at OHB. In addition,
ARDS is currently the only way of achieving the necessary image and
information quality for reconnaissance and observation tasks without any
delay.
The other two contracts aim to demonstrate the capabilities of 'real-time
broad-based reconnaissance' over a distance of some 400 km for the German
Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement BWB. To this end,
OHB’s own reconnaissance vehicle will be converted into an airborne relay
radio station to increase the ranges from a current 250 km to the 400 km
being sought. The use of an airborne radio relay ensures reliable
communications between at least two stations, between which a direct link
is normally not possible on account of the earth’s curvature or obstacles
such as mountains.
Under the second contract awarded by BWB, OHB will be assembling aircraft
equipment for testing and demonstrating real-time reconnaissance
capabilities. Here as well, the ARDS high-rate data transmission system
will be integrated. It will be supplemented with sensors of the type
required for reconnaissance work as well as a modern data compression
system, which is a proprietary OHB-System development.
In order to demonstrate real-time reconnaissance quickly, the overall
system will include commercially available components which can be combined
with existing subsystems. 'This system will be closing a technological
gap,' explains Wilfried Wetjen, 'as in the future it will be possible not
only to engage in military reconnaissance but also to ensure broad-based
monitoring of shipping to reduce the risks caused by accidents at sea or
pollution.' For OHB-System, these contracts constitute a further key
milestone in its aerial monitoring and reconnaissance technology program.
Contact:
OHB Technology AG
Michael Vér, Investor Relations
Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Str. 8
28359 Bremen / Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)421 2020-8
Fax: +49 (0)421 2020-613
Internet: http://www.ohb-technology.de
E-Mail: ir@ohb-technology.de
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Language: English
Issuer: OHB Technology AG
Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Str. 8
28359 Bremen
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)421 2020 8
Fax: +49 (0)421 2020 613
E-mail: ir@ohb-technology.de
Internet: www.ohb-technology.de
ISIN: DE0005936124
WKN: 593612
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart
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