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Thuraya Ramps up Aero Plans after Successful Demo

over satellite communications to key
government customers. The technology
demonstration aimed to highlight the
reliability and effectiveness of Thuraya’s
Aero solution for various ISR operations
associated with border patrol, maritime
and environmental protection, in addition
to disaster relief missions. The Aero
service is available within Thuraya’s
satellite footprint, covering more than
160 countries across the Middle East,
Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia regions.
“By fulfilling the growing requirements
for secure, always-on mobile satellite
communications on land, at sea and in
air, we are looking to expand our strong
partnership with the UAE government.
Thuraya’s ambitions in the aero sector based in Austria, Thuraya has conducted Today’s successful demonstration is a
have been boosted thanks to a successful a live demonstration of its Aero Mobility testament towards Thuraya’s capability to
demonstration today. In partnership with capabilities platform – Thuraya Aero, providing reliable aero mobility solutions to
SCOTTY, a developer of beyond line-of-sight replicating a real-time ISR (Intelligence, our global customers,” said Ali Al Hashemi,
(BLOS) satellite communication solutions Surveillance & Reconnaissance) mission Thuraya’s CEO.

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