Ian Collett

Ian Collett, Senior Principal Investigator The world's oceans influence everything from hurricane formation and global commerce to military operations and climate forecasting. Yet vast areas of the ocean remain under-observed, creating persistent challenges for weather prediction, maritime awareness and environmental intelligence. As governments and commercial operators seek more timely and comprehensive data, the space industry is exploring new ways to monitor some of Earth's most remote...

Ian Collett, Ionospheric Scientist In an earlier blog, we introduced TRIDENT, a next-generation high-frequency (HF) sounding system designed by Orion to advance our understanding of traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs). In this follow-up, we dive deeper into TRIDENT’s capabilities and how they address one of the most persistent challenges in TID research: the ability to fully characterize TIDs in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. This breakthrough gives researchers a more...

Ian Collett, Ionospheric Scientist Understanding Earth’s ionosphere and how it responds to natural and human-induced phenomena has become increasingly critical in today’s interconnected world. Among the most significant phenomena are traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs). Gravity waves triggered by earthquakes, thunderstorms and rocket launches contribute to these disturbances. As they ripple through the ionosphere with varying intensity, they wreak havoc on communications...