Blue Devil Block 2 USAF
Blue Devil Airship Is Getting A Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade -- Popular Science
The Air Force’s Blue Devil airship--a recent PopSci Best of What’s New recipient and a potential answer to the military’s expanding data glut problem--is getting yet another high-tech upgrade. Via a federal announcement put out last week, The Register reports that DARPA will outfit the Blue Devil Block 2 ISR airship with up to two Free-space Optical Experimental Network Experiment (FOENEX) systems. Think of them like optical lasers that move through the air with the fidelity of a fiber optic cable.
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My Comment: Impressive.