Archangel Lightworks
Owain Pryce-Jones is an accomplished technology professional with extensive experience in the aerospace and engineering sectors. Currently serving as Chief Technology Officer and Systems Engineer at Archangel Lightworks since July 2017, Owain is focused on developing advanced space laser communication systems to significantly enhance data transmission from satellites. Prior experience includes a role as Research and Development Engineer at Archangel Imaging, where responsibilities included designing electrical power systems and defining project frameworks. Owain’s career began as IT Coordinator at Glassblobbery, achieving a notable increase in internet sales through improved website design and SEO strategies. Educational credentials include a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Physics, both obtained from The University of Manchester.
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Archangel Lightworks
Archangel Lightworks is a laser communications company building high-volume, secure, wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. Today, space and terrestrial networks are not well-connected leading to insecure, insufficient, and vulnerable infrastructure. Nearly 3 billion people are unconnected and many more are under-connected. Subsea cables, which form the backbone of global network infrastructure, are at risk from climate disaster and bad actors. Links between satellites, which offer an opportunity for resilient connectivity, and the ground are reliant on radio, which is bandwidth constrained, finite and not secure. Archangel Lightworks was set up to solve the space-ground connectivity problem. Wireless laser communications (lasercom) technology offers new solutions; however, adoption of the technology has been slow due to availability concerns, lack of interoperability standards, difficulties associated with lasercom on the move, and high production costs. Our tech solves these problems. We are driving down the size, weight, power & cost (SWaP-C) of optical ground equipment to make space-ground lasercom available and affordable. Our core product, TERRA-M is a miniature optical ground station which is approximately the size of a mini fridge. Compared to traditional networks such as radio, the TERRA-M allows more licence-free data transferred at low probability of detection (LPD) and low probability of interception (LPI). TERRA-M brings deployable, resilient connectivity to wherever it is needed, solving some of Earth’s most critical problems from economic inclusion to climate change. Archangel Lightworks is based in Oxford, UK and Archangel Lightworks USA is based in Orlando, Florida.