COS-Systems

Even though the compass enabled sailors to explore the world, and gunpowder empowered soldiers to force their nations' will upon those lacking sufficient firepower, printing was the most revolutionary invention of all. Printing made possible a widespread distribution of information, ideas and theory. It proved to be an efficient and inexpensive way of preserving knowledge for posterity. After printing dramatically slashed the cost of books, libraries grew in body and complexity with each succeeding generation.

As information accumulated, new inventions and technology developed from this growing reservoir of data. Science and technology expanded at an ever increasing rate. Eventually even gunpowder became obsolete, replaced by nuclear weapons. Compasses have been made obsolete by electronic devices that can mark your place on the earth with an accuracy of a few feet. None of this could have happened unless scientists had access to printed books, technical journals, dissertations and reports available in libraries.

2010

COS-Systems will present new concepts on High Altitude Reconnaissance platforms and autonomous onboard data processing services at the Systems & Software Technology Conference 2010 in Salt Lake City during 26 to 29 April 2010.

Using geostationary mobile platforms in the near-space environment will for the first time enable independent private

network services. The owner / user will operate as a dedicated provider independent from earthbound infrastructure. The ‘last mile’ will become obsolete. Currently Information & Intelligence is bound to systems processing Program-Code and Data-Code within one operating system. The physical hardware separation of Data-Code combined with broadband high-speed processing devices in ‘orbit’ will change our understanding of communication / information exchange from data relay to autonomous operational services.

2009

COS Systems has presented the Stratospheric Sensor and Relay Platform (SSRP) during the Workshop on Counter Piracy Equipment and Technologies at NATO Headquarters, 4 June 2009

http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/141/index.htm

2008

Press Room: JAPCC Journal / Edition 8 / 2008 / Page 10 - 13

The Journal of the JAPCC is the professional publication of NATO´s Joint Air Power Competence Centre aiming to serve as a forum for the presentation and stimulation of innovative thinking on NATO air power related issues such as doctrine, strategy, force structure and readiness.

Until quite recently, any thought of using high altitude airships (HAA) as surveillance platforms was probably dismissed as science fiction. In the last few years, a range of novel technological solutions, combined with a renewed determination to address the challenges that remain, has meant that the HAA may now be a serious alternative to the satellite.