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netic Pulse Emanation Standard) and High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse regulations. You have to go through anti-jam testing. There are a lot of things that we have to do because we have to make our networks more resilient than your normal commercial networks because not only do we have to fight the environment, but we have to fight our adversaries. People who want to jam our satellite connections, people who want to jam our radio connections. People who want to interrupt our communications because everything is about communications warfare. Information dominance is power now. Josh Davidson: How quickly will you lose connectivity when the equipment starts wearing and tearing away? How will that affect the performance of the system? Jim Sintic: I don’t know if it necessarily degrades the perfor- 18 Summer 2008 mance of the system. What it does do is, from a logistics standpoint, it makes you have more spare parts. The maintenance part of the programs that we develop, when things start to wear over time, it puts a big burden because everything is always having to go in for service. Mr. Davidson, Symbolic Systems Inc., is a staff writer supporting the Program Executive Office, Command, Control and Communications-Tactical Chief Knowledge Office. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism/ professional writing from the College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College). Sintic is the Deputy Product Director, Tactical Network Architectures and Configurations – Current, under Program Manager, Warfighter Information Tactical. He can be reached by e-mail at james.sintic@us.army.mil ACRONYM QUICKSCAN ASAALT – Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology CKO – Chief Knowledge Office DOIM – Directorate of Information Management FY – fiscal year HEMP – High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse IAVA – Information Vulnerability Alert IPT – Integrated Process Team LCMC – CECOM Life Cycle Management Command LRC – Logistics and Readiness Center PEO C3T – Program Executive Office, Command, Control and Communications-Tactical PM – Project Manager SEC – Software Engineering TEMPEST – Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanation Standard TNAC2 – Tactical Network Architectures and Configurations- Current PM-TRCS – Project Manager Tactical Radio Communications Systems PM – WIN-T – Project Manager Warfighter Information Network- Tactical WIN-T – Warfighter Information Network-Tactical
Figure 1. WIN-T Inc 2 Enabling Wideband SATCOM on-the-move communications By Chris Swenarton, Eugene Levchenko, Lino Gonzalez, Mark Lange, Eugene Pedoto There are several anticipated operational benefits associated with implementing high capacity, beyond line-of-sight communications on mobile tactical warfighting platforms. These benefits are more commonly referred to as satellite communications on-the-move. These include improvements in situational understanding, lethality, survivability, and overall combat effectiveness. The Warfighter Information Network – Tactical Increment 2 program is currently implementing solutions to enable this capability using components originally developed under the United States Army’s KaSAT Development Program and the Affordable Directional Antenna and Pointing Technologies Army Technology Objective-Demonstration. These components include the MPM-1000 modem, which implements the Network-Centric Waveform, as well as an on-the-move antenna system, which includes a positioner, feed assembly, aperture and an inertial navigation unit. Multiple technical, operational, and statutory issues, however, must be addressed in order to fully realize this vision. These challenges are discussed herein, as well as the status of their corresponding solutions. A roadmap for implementation of the capability in the field is provided, as well as a forecast for future SOTM technology evolution. Technical challenges There are numerous technical challenges related to vehicle platform dynamics, size, weight, and power constraints, varying radio frequency link conditions, and the use of layer three networking protocols, which must be considered in the development of a mobile high capacity beyond line-of-sight communication system. Each of these challenges must be addressed with a cost effective solution in order to comply with WIN-T program objectives. Vehicle platform dynamics WIN-T Increment 2 will deploy multiple configuration items using fixed, at-the-halt, and/or satellite communications on-the-move terminals. (See Figure 1. Above.) Army Communicator 19
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