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Application Briefs
be scalable to expand or contract as missions change, helping
to reduce on-hand inventory, satellite airtime and cost.
The satellite and terrestrial network service provider's solution
for the Army included a terrestrial network, terminals
and capacity. Intelsat's solution includes Intelsat Flex services
for geostationary (GEO) connections and provides commercial
low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite service for a LEO option.
Intelsat delivered worldwide coverage via leased satellite terminals
and services with 24×7 support. The scope of the
Army's SATaaMS Pilot included end-to-end managed subscription
services to support connections with commercial
teleports and internet services.
As part of the 12-month trial, Intelsat and the Army conducted
pilots at 10 global locations, and ensured that the Intelsat
managed service and equipment was in use for nine months.
The program was conducted in a wide range of conditions and
terrain, including severe cold weather, high-humidity climates,
as well as dry and wet conditions.
During the Association of the United States Army's (AUSA)
annual conference and exhibition in October, Col. Peter Atkinson,
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, briefly
discussed the Army's experience with the project.
" It was absolutely a success on learning what the Army
requirement needs are for next generation SATCOM and how
to access that, " Atkinson said. " We took the information
from the pilot, and then we scaled that to some of the next
generation tactical terminals. We took the lessons learned
from that pilot, and my team is now looking at how do we
codify that as a requirement? So now we're looking our
requirements for SATCOM as a managed service and how we
can leverage that. "
www.intelsat.com
Enabling Off-the-Shelf Autonomous Naval Warfare
Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA
jacqueline.rainey@ngc.com
www.northropgrumman.com
The nature of naval warfare is often unpredictable. As nearpeer
adversaries work to rapidly increase their total number of
vessels, uncrewed systems will play an important role in
enabling the U.S. Navy to continue to project power and ensure
sailors are able to execute missions.
Northrop Grumman has now developed two mission-focused
autonomous capabilities for its smaller unmanned aircraft
platforms, called Helix and Scion, that will rapidly transform
existing commercial uncrewed platforms into resilient
and survivable combat and surveillance systems. Executing
real-world mission scenarios at the Naval Surface Warfare
Center Silent Swarm 2024 exercise, these autonomous technologies
demonstrated Northrop Grumman's readiness to fill
existing maritime domain awareness gaps and securely find,
fix and track elements in maritime operations.
The Navy is actively exploring emerging technologies that
enable uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed surface
vehicles (USVs) to extend the range of its communications and
electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. Northrop Grumman's Scion
- a multifunction EW payload - was created and tailored specifically
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