The goal of the Lidar and Optical Communications Institute is to develop an Air Force Center of Excellence in lidar and laser communication research and education. The Institute collaborates with the ...

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)—the trusted industry association for the connected world—today announced it ...

GA-EMS with Kepler, completed a test showcasing “secure” exchange of data between a “moving” aircraft and a satellite in ...

The proof-of-concept demonstration took place in July and will inform future satellite development and operations.

Researchers have found a way to avoid the need to use radio transmitters in critical communications, using new technology featuring super-fast optical lasers.

NASA is building optical communications technologies into its networks, using infrared laser links to offer missions higher data rates than comparable radio frequency systems. NASA’s Low-Cost ...

The launch of NASA's Psyche mission to visit a metal asteroid will include an extra bonus, as the spacecraft will carry a test of a new communications system.

Canada’s Kepler Communications said it has successfully demonstrated optical data links between a prototype satellite in low Earth orbit and a partner’s ground station for the first time.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications have reported a successful air-to-space optical communications demonstration ...

Researchers have developed a new air-core optical fiber that guides light through air rather than solid glass, resulting in ...

This breakthrough enables precise transparency control across multiple wavelengths, with potential applications in multiband communication and optical computing.