Future satellite communications to military aircraft

Author

Nicol, S.E. ; Walton, G. ; Westbrook, L.D. ; Wynn, D.A.

Author_Institution

Defence Evaluation & Res. Agency, Defford, UK

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

26

Abstract

This paper outlines some of the techniques being developed to provide affordable, reliable satellite communications suitable for a wide range of military aircraft, from agile platforms such as fast jets and helicopters to surveillance, tanker and transport aircraft. It gives an overview of the development of airborne SHF and also extremely high frequency (EHF) satcom techniques and terminal demonstrators by the DERA (Defence Evaluation and Research Agency) and its partners through the Ministry of Defence´s applied research programme. This research is aimed at providing affordable, secure and robust satcoms to a range of UK military aircraft

Keywords

aircraft communication; helicopters; military aircraft; military communication; mobile satellite communication; DERA; Defence Evaluation and Research Agency; EHF satcom; Ministry of Defence; UK military aircraft; agile platforms; airborne SHF; extremely high frequency; ground-attack; helicopters; jets; reconnaissance; research programme; satellite communications; surveillance aircraft; tanker aircraft; terminal demonstrators; transport aircraft;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0954-0695

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ecej:20000103

Filename

836518