The development of a military-COTS mobile satellite earth station

Author

Youst, Gregory F. ; Mazzei, James A.

Author_Institution

Int. Group, Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc., McLean, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 Oct 1998

Firstpage

20

Abstract

The explosive development of a series of high bandwidth satellite constellations by 2006 coupled with the paralleled explosive growth of intranet/extranet networks will provide an opportunity to nonNATO countries to develop mobile C4I systems using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment. The systems can be semimilitarized by installing the C4I systems in military shelters and using military vehicles as transport platforms with the heart of the system is still being COTS. This paper describes key points in the development of just such a military-COTS mobile satellite earth station, from design requirements to the actual build-out of the mobile system

Keywords

command and control systems; intranets; military communication; military equipment; mobile satellite communication; commercial-off-the-shelf equipment; high bandwidth satellite constellations; intranet/extranet networks; military shelters; military vehicles; military-COTS mobile satellite earth station; mobile C4I systems; nonNATO countries; transport platforms; Artificial satellites; Bandwidth; Explosives; Military satellites; Mobile communication; Radiation hardening; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Space technology; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1998. MILCOM 98. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4506-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1998.722537

Filename

722537