United Kingdom, Feb. 11 -- Airbus has been awarded the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Oberon contract to design and build two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites with day-and-night, all-weather, space-based 'Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance' (ISR) capability.The two Oberon satellites will boast active, ultra-high resolution SAR, providing freedom of action to the UK MOD and a greater operational capability to British and allied defence forces. Airbus has worked with SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) across the UK to leverage innovative new technologies for the 400kg satellites. The antennas for the spacecraft will be supplied by Oxford Space Systems, which has developed carbon fibre structures that stow away in ve...