SATCOM STREAMLINE


One example aiding in the Army’s reduction of equipment is the innovative Unified Unclassified Enclave (U2E), which PM TN developed and continues to field. U2E consolidates numer- ous unclassified hardware enclaves—each formerly requiring their own hardware—onto a single multipurpose unclassified hardware platform. U2E enables secure and flexible long-haul transport and tactical access for a variety of unclassified, classi- fied, coalition and commercial networks, with the appropriate levels of security separation between each. It also uses encryption standards that exceed National Security Agency requirements. Te enclave reduces size, weight, and power and cost; software and inherent licensing costs; and overall cognitive burden on Soldiers. It also enables the quick integration of other unclassi- fied enclaves.


ONE TERMINAL—MANY ORBITS, MANY BANDS To combat electronic warfare and cyber threats posed by more advanced adversaries, the Army is enhancing network resiliency through automated agnostic transport diversity, significantly increasing the number of network communication pathways available to units. Te more pathway options that exist for data to travel through, the more resilient the network becomes. Tis includes emerging commercial high-throughput, low latency (HT/LL) network transport, such as low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit and advanced geosynchronous Earth orbit satellite communications.


Underpinning the Army’s efforts to increase network capabil- ity, capacity and resiliency is the need to increase simplicity at the edge of the battlefield, since more and more Soldiers fight- ing there will be general purpose users.


So how does the service add all of these disruptive new capabili- ties without significantly increasing its SATCOM portfolio and complexity at the edge?


When fielded, one solution, the Next Generation Tactical Termi- nal (NGTT), will simultaneously leverage emerging HT/LL low Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit constellation providers, current and future geosynchronous Earth orbit constellations, as well as multiple frequency bands, with a single terminal. With NGTT, if one link goes down, Soldiers won't have to change bands or change out any hardware; the switch to different data transport options is automatic and seamless to the user. Instead of having a separate terminal to support each different constellation, as is the case currently, NGTT combines all of these capabilities into one system, significantly reducing the size, weight and power burden, whether an NGTT at-the-halt or on-the-move platform.


Te Army’s science and technology community has been devel- oping the on-the-move NGTT solution, while Project Manager Tactical Network is working the at-the-halt NGTT as part of the large solution for the Family of Terminals. Both will use similar technologies with normalized requirements working in


NEWEST MODEL


Project Manager Tactical Network completed Phoenix E-Model satellite terminal new-equipment training for Bravo Company, 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion – Enhanced, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in November 2022. These versatile transportable, quad- band satellite terminals enable operational flexibility and multipath diversity. They provide large division and corps headquarters with agile high-bandwidth network communications. (Photo courtesy of PEO C3T)


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