ACQUISITION AT SPEED


LEVERAGING MOBILE NETWORK PILOT TO ASSESS ANTIJAM CAPABILITIES


Future multidomain operations against a near-peer threat would likely include electronic warfare, such as the ability to jam the satellite communications of U.S. forces on the battlefield. To combat these threats, the continual modernization of protected satellite communi- cations capabilities remains a high priority for the Army.


In support of these efforts, the Army leveraged the Armored Formation On-The-Move Network pilot at Fort Stewart, Georgia, to conduct a capability excursion to inform the potential use of one of several commercial antijam capability prototypes that it has been evaluating.


Eventual antijam solutions would augment current protected satellite communications systems such as the Army’s Secure, Mobile, Antijam, Reliable Tactical- Terminal (SMART-T). They could also provide additional near-term interim capability ahead of the fielding of future protected satellite systems that are in the works, like the new Air Force and Army Antijam Modem), which will be interoperable with the Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite program.


The antijam prototype that was assessed during the pilot leverages an existing commercial waveform and corre- sponding modem solution that have been supporting the Army’s current at-the-halt tactical network trans- port systems since 2004, as well as more recently fielded expeditionary early entry satellite communica- tion systems. Because the waveform and modems are already in the field, the Army could immediately push the solution out as a software upgrade to all of the network transport configuration items across the fleet once the required certifications are granted. This would immediately and cost-effectively bring the fleet to a more resilient network baseline. The Army is exploring additional antijam capabilities for other existing fielded waveforms to bolster resilient communications in the near-term.


The antijam prototype system is in line with Army network modernization efforts to ensure systems are easy to operate, and to pull network complexity off the front lines to remote locations where they can be managed by more advanced signal Soldiers. During the pilot, the


MODES OF CONDUCT


Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conduct mission command and network communications on-the-move, during the Army’s three-week Armored Formation On-The-Move Network pilot, at Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Feb. 2. (Photo by Capt. Detrick Moore, PEO C3T)


antijam capability was completely transparent to the Soldiers using their satellite communications equip- ment. When the managers of the prototype turned the system on from a secure remote location, the Soldiers inside the antijam protected bubble were unaware that anything had even occurred. They did not skip a beat and just went on with their fight in contested pilot envi- ronments without losing network connections.


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