Army Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) mobile terminal (AAMT)

Author

Jedrey, Thomas C. ; Reilander, Major Robert T ; Leyda, Aubrey L.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1993

fDate

11-14 Oct 1993

Firstpage

814

Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), through the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has developed a commercially oriented ACTS Mobile Terminal (AMT). This vehicular terminal employs a mechanically-steered antenna, and can support either digital links up to 64 kbps or analog links. The Army has now contracted JPL to modify this terminal for Army demonstration purposes. The AMT hardware will be mounted on a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). In addition to providing standard baseline AMT capabilities, a coupling to a Single Channel Ground Air Radio System (SINCGARS) radio will enable secure command and control on the move. The rationale, design, features, and planned demonstration program for this Army AMT (AAMT) are discussed in this paper

Keywords

command and control systems; military communication; military equipment; mobile antennas; mobile satellite communication; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; satellite ground stations; telecommunication terminals; Advanced Communications Technology Satellite; High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle; US Army; command and control on the move; demonstration; design; mechanically-steered antenna; vehicular terminal; Artificial satellites; Command and control systems; Communications technology; Hardware; Hidden Markov models; Laboratories; NASA; Propulsion; Satellite broadcasting; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1993. MILCOM '93. Conference record. Communications on the Move., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0953-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1993.408706

Filename

408706