Presentation from Roke Manor Research Ltd at the Centre for Defence Enterprise Marketplace held on 27 April

1. Marketplace 2016
Bob Dalgleish
Roke Manor Research Ltd

2. Roke Manor Research Ltd
• independent UK-based contract
research and consultancy
organisation
• providing expertise in cyber,
communications, networks and
sensors
• list X site with >350 employees

3. Communications to High Altitude Pseudo Satellite
(HAPS) using extant or dedicated Long Term
Evolution (LTE) infrastructure
• design of an applique unit
• allows the use of a commercial off the
shelf (COTS) cellular 4G LTE data card
on board a high altitude platform
• enables communications with terrestrial
base stations

4. Success to date
Using the applique
unit, Roke
successfully
demonstrated
direction finding to
a terrestrial base
station

5. What next?
• next phase would demonstrate the
complete data link (transmit and
receive)
• beam steering technology would
allow larger High Altitude Long
Endurance (HALE) platforms to host
cellular base stations

6. We’re looking for…
• industrial collaboration to mature the
technology and integrate it into a
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform
• MOD/Dstl funding and/or industrial
collaboration to fully develop the UAV-
borne base station solution

7. Contact
Bob Dalgleish
bob.dalgleish@roke.co.uk
07872 407593