Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1993.408706
