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New York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2006 L-3 Communications has announced the successful completion of flight tests of its IP-enabled, wideband Multi-Platform Common Data Link at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Flying multiple missions on two Big Crow NKC-135 aircraft, L-3's MP-CDL demonstrated high capacity net-centric communications between aircraft and from the aircraft to the Global Information Grid, the Internet, and the public switched telephone network using the Department of Defense's Network CDL, Standard CDL, and Advanced CDL waveforms at data rates up to 274 Mbps and ranges beyond 300 nautical miles. This initiative was also supported by L-3's Integrated Systems unit. "High capacity, mobile networking is a key enabler of the transformed capabilities America needs for its warfighters," said Curtis Brunson, President of L-3's Communication Systems-West (CS-West) division. "The success of the Big Crow MP-CDL flight tests proves these capabilities are available today." A product of CS-West, MP-CDL is a production-ready data link delivering advanced communications capabilities including automatic self-healing network formation, IP routing, adaptive transmit power and data rate selection, automatic signal acquisition and jam resistance. Network applications demonstrated simultaneously on Big Crow through the MP-CDL terminals included multiple simultaneous high bandwidth video streams, video teleconferencing, high-definition video, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) with access to the public switched telephone network and Internet access to the World Wide Web and e-mail. The Big Crow flights passed high-bandwidth data from one aircraft to the other, automatically routing traffic through to the ground site and distant networks when required. Standard Ethernet interfaces allowed personal computers onboard the aircraft to communicate through the system to the Internet at high data rates, with a variety of user application software. Simultaneous video transmission to L-3's manpackable ROVER III terminal validated the system's ability to provide real-time, full-motion video through the net-centric MP-CDL terminal directly to warfighters on the ground. Additionally, L-3 Integrated Systems (L-3 IS) demonstrated their third generation EV-3 Office In The Sky application suite with the MP-CDL system and utilized the high bandwidth, net-centric data link capability to provide an eight-way real time Video Teleconferencing (VTC) connecting the two airborne platforms and multiple ground locations, including Washington, DC. Their integrated VoIP was also used to provide connectivity with the public telephone networks. Related Links L-3 Communications Read the latest in Military Space Communications Technology at SpaceWar.com
Raytheon Experimental Space-Optical Payload Brings USAF Closer To On-Demand Satellites
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2006Designed to spot terrestrial targets and built in a matter of months, Raytheon's first rapid-development space-optical payload was delivered recently to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. "This hyper-spectral imaging sensor is a milestone toward demonstrating the feasibility of the United States' operational responsive space concept," said Brian Arnold, vice president for Raytheon's Strategic Systems business. |
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