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title: "Secure BLOS SATCOM for UAV Swarm Operations"
date: "2026-09-20T04:54:32+00:00"
url: "https://hiskysat.com/solutions/uav-swarm-operations/"
description: "Secure beyond-line-of-sight command, telemetry and mission-data connectivity for tactical UAV operations."
---

# Secure BLOS SATCOM for UAV Swarm Operations

ForceLITE · UAV / UAS

Secure beyond-line-of-sight command, telemetry and mission-data connectivity for tactical UAV operations.

[Download use case PDF](https://hiskysat.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/HiSKY-Use-Case-UAV-Swarm-BLOS-SATCOM.pdf)

![UAV formation above a rugged coastline](https://hiskysat.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/uav-swarm-operations.webp)

## The challenge

Modern tactical UAV missions increasingly operate beyond traditional line-of-sight radio. Operators require resilient command-and-control, telemetry and mission-data connectivity throughout every phase of flight while minimizing payload weight, power consumption and satellite bandwidth.

- LOS radio limits operational range and mission flexibility.
- Conventional airborne SATCOM terminals are often too large, heavy and power-hungry for tactical UAVs.
- Managing multiple UAVs simultaneously consumes significant communications resources.
- Mission phases require different communications profiles, from low-rate telemetry to high-rate imagery and video.

## The HiSKY solution

HiSKY combines compact, low-SWaP Ka/Ku satellite terminals with a customer-controlled GEO satellite network. Space Control (NMS) manages the terminals and satellite capacity centrally, supporting telemetry, imagery and video as communications requirements change.

- Compact terminals designed around constrained size, weight and power budgets.
- Satellite capacity managed around changing communications needs.
- Centralized network and terminal monitoring.
- An end-to-end private network under customer control.

## What the solution enables

### Connectivity

Persistent BLOS satellite connectivity instead of LOS-limited links.

### UAV management

Centralized swarm management instead of independent links.

### Bandwidth

Dynamic mission-based allocation instead of static allocation.

### Mission data

Telemetry, imagery and live video over one managed architecture.

## System at a glance

- **Terminal**Embedded Dynamic Ka/Ku terminal
- **Connectivity**Private GEO satellite communications
- **Network**HiSKY HUB on the customer’s private network
- **Management**Space Control (NMS)

![Satellite links connecting a UAV swarm](https://hiskysat.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/architecture-2-1024x576.jpg.webp)

Communications architecture

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## Plan the deployment.

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