Armys Use of Commercial SATCOM 6 December 2006

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Armys Use of Commercial SATCOM6 December 2006

• Presented by COL Pat Rayermann
• HQDA, G-3/DAMO-SS
• [phone]

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Agenda

• Army LandWarNet Overview
• Armys Need for Space Support for the Future
  Force
• Armys projected need for SATCOM over time
• Working towards the future

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Armys LandWarNet
LandWarNet Depends on SATCOM as a critical
component of the Network
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Space Support to Armys LandWarNet
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Army Division In The Fight - Today

• 80 Commercial
• 20 Military

AN/TSC-85/93 TRI-TAC
SHF
X Band
UHF
Commercial
TROJAN SPIRIT II

• FY06 Bandwidth 201 Mbps
• 91 Commercial (182 Mbps)
• 9 Military SHF (16 Mbps)
• 1 Military EHF (2.5 Mbps)
• gt1 Military UHF (0.4 Mbps)

JNN Hubs
GBS
Ku/C Band
TROJAN LITE
TACSAT
CSS VSAT
JNN
EHF
C2V (Swe-dish)
L Band
SMART-T
Ka Band
X Band
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SATCOM Capacity per Division In Iraq Today
Total Capacity is identified based on assumption
that capacity is fully used 24x7

• JNN Includes one (1) Mobile Hub 10-16 JNNs
  34-43 BN CP Nodes
• Phoenix is quad band capable, but envisioned to
  use X-band as primary means of communications
• DKET is not a TOE Division asset but is
  currently deployed in Theater in lieu of the
  emerging JNN Fixed Regional Hub Node
• USC-60 is not a TOE Division asset but is
  currently deployed in Theater augmenting Military
  comms assets
• 256 bps max throughput data rate if constantly on
  the move. Normally, the polling is once every 5
  Minutes at the halt consequently, the capacity
  shown is the max throughput possible, but not
  realistic. The 200khz of transponder for this
  Division supports 1600 devices at once because
  they have various polling rates (every second
  for those on the move and every 5 minutes for
  those at the halt).

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Army Division In The Fight - 2016

• 20 Commercial
• 80 Military

Commercial(L/C/X/Ku/Ka Bands)
BFT/ FBCB2

• FY16 Bandwidth 1 Gbps
• 20 Commercial (200 Mbps)
• 26 Military TSAT (255 Mbps)
• 51 Military WGS (500 Mbps)
• 2 Military AEHF (20 Mbps)
• gt1 Military MUOS (UHF) (2.6 Mbps)

TSAT (XDR/Ka Band)
WIN-T
FCSFamily
WGS (SHF-X/Ka Band)
WIN-T
JNN/WIN-T
Phoenix
AEHF (XDR)
SMART-T
MUOS(UHF)
GBS
JNN/WIN-T
JTRS
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SATCOM Capacity per Division In 2016
Total Capacity is identified based on assumption
that capacity is fully used 24x7

• WIN-T total capacity includes multiple Army
  communications missions to include JNN (C2),
  Intel (ie Trojan), and CSS
• WIN-T is multi-band capable but envisioned to use
  WGS(Ka) band as primary means of comms
• HC3 will provide TSAT capability for protected
  (AJ and HEMP) High Data Rate (1.544Mbps) COTM
  and protected (AJ and HEMP) COTH (50Mbps)
• PHOENIX will continue to use X as primary means
  of communications
• 256 bps max throughput data rate if constantly on
  the move. Normally, the polling is once every 5
  Minutes at the halt consequently, the capacity
  shown is the max throughput possible, but not
  realistic. The 200khz of transponder for this
  Division supports 1600 devices at once because
  they have various polling rates (every second
  for those on the move and every 5 minutes for
  those at the halt).

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Burgeoning Military Demand for SATCOM
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Projected Warfighter SATCOM Demand
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Warfighter Requirements (Gbps)
Enduring Army Demand for COMSATCOM
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Aggregate demands for information throughput
consistently exceed capacity of current and
forecast MILSATCOM systems -- Substantiates
codification of Commercial SATCOM as a part of
Transformational Communications Architecture
ver 2.0 -- Army projects it has an enduring
demand for roughly 200 Mbps of Commercial
SATCOM per deployed Division to augment available
MILSATCOM assets
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Example Projected Warfighter UHF Needs
Potential for Commercial Narrowband Augmentation
Obj. Rqmnts
1997
Capacity GAP
Accesses
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DAMA
Legacy Dedicated
MUOS IOC
Today
MUOS FOC
Integrated Waveform (IW) will narrow the capacity
gap commercial augmentation is an option to
CLOSE the gap
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Working Together for the Future

• Today, commercial SATCOM is a significant part of
  the Armys communications infrastructure for
  Soldiers deployed to Operations Enduring Freedom
  and Iraqi Freedom at all echelons
• Tomorrow, the Army will continue to depend on
  COMSATCOM to decrease the gap in capability that
  is envisioned
• Together, we need to continue to work to optimize
  options, flexibility, and capabilities for the
  future

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Innovating Together IRIS

• Internet Protocol Routing in Space IRIS
• Industry initiative
• Cdr, USSTRATCOM sponsored
• Develop or refine standards/architectures/CONOPs
  for IP-based space networking
• Conduct demo, collaborating with other efforts
  where possible, and deliver military utility
  assessment by end of FY09
• Mitigate risk and demonstrate technologies/
  concepts for TCA (i.e., IP routing in space)
• Support real-world operational missions

• Army supporting demo via US Army Space and
  Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic
  Command (Space Missile Defense
  Battle Lab)

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Conclusion

• Commercial SATCOM is part of the militarys
  infrastructuretoday and in the future
• In the future, the Army believes Military SATCOM
  systems will meet a greater percentage of our
  SATCOM needs than they do today
• The Armys use of COMSATCOM will vary over time
  but is envisioned to be an enduring and important
  element of the overall capabilities to meet our
  needs
• We look forward to investigating potential
  technology innovations and advances that can
  optimize and expand available capabilities for
  the warfighter
• We welcome the opportunity to work to improve the
  dialogue and cooperation between military
  warfighters and the COMSATCOM industry