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The United States Military Defense System is comprised of a family of advanced networked air-ground-based maneuver, maneuver support and sustainment systems that include manned and unmanned platforms. The data rate for un-dropped packet transfer is lacking sufficient capacity to render the network efficient for the complex network system as desired. The new Future Combat Systems are networked via a C4ISR architecture, including networked communications, network operations, sensors, battle command system, reconnaissance, surveillance and training capabilities that will enable improved situational understanding and operations at a level of synchronization heretofore unachievable. There is presently a need for advanced features for competition with RF signals.
DCA is working on a design concept for a LEO-GEO-Ground Optical Communications system for submittal to address the shortcomings in present point to point high data rate communications.
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