As part of an in-theater, urgent operational requirement program, QinetiQ integrated in less than 12 weeks’ time a civil satellite communications system to British Ministry of Defense Joint Helicopter Force (JHC) assets, the company announced March 12.

The requirement was to deliver beyond-line-of-sight voice communications capabilities allowing deployed JHC assets to simply and efficiently communicate with operational headquarters.

QinetiQ was also to develop and deliver a ground-based system, based on the same satcom technology, to provide in-theater, end-to-end connectivity.