Trex Enterprises pioneered the field of high data-rate laser communications. Our engineers have demonstrated 1.2 Gbps data rate communications over a mountain-top distance of 150 kilometers with a terminal mounted on a platform simulating the vibrations and motion of an aircraft. We have successfully demonstrated acquisition and tracking from a low altitude aircraft transmitting information to a ground site at a 25 kilometer range. Most recently, our engineers have successfully integrated a gyro-stabilized gimbaled platform with high bandwidth steering mirrors and multiple CCD arrays to demonstrate pointing and tracking accuracy of less than 5 microradians root-mean-square with a bandwidth of greater than 300 Hz.
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