Late August 2015, L-3 Linkabit, developer of the highly advanced Network-Centric Waveform (NCW) currently in use by the US Army, the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) Network On-The-Move (NOTM) programme and select allied defence partners, successfully tested its Protected Transponded SATCOM (PTS) modems in both Over-The-Air (OTA) and emulator testing using the Inmarsat-5 satellite and the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Payload Hardware Equipment Chain (PHEC) emulator.
Testing was performed at the US Army’s CERDEC Joint SATCOM Engineering Center (JSEC) Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) facility. The Ka-Band network test environment included a heterogeneous mix of terminals, including both 2.4m and 0.6m Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs). The L-3 Linkabit NCW PTS modems were successfully tested during the emulation phase in both benign and contested scenarios and in benign scenarios during OTA testing.
“The introduction of the PTS enhancement to our NCW waveform is an excellent advanced capability in that it provides an affordable level of protection for warfighters standing up and operating networks in difficult environments,” said Elissa Seidenglanz, President of L-3 Linkabit.
The L-3 Linkabit-developed PTS modem leverages the deployed NCW waveform to provide highly proportionate, effective and automated anti-jam responses within both hostile and non-hostile interference environments. L-3 Linkabit provides full-mesh IP over SATCOM solutions that enable mobile and halted forces to collaborate, access Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) resources, and exchange voice, data and video in a tactical environment. L-3 Linkabit’s Network-Centric Waveform (NCW), embedded in the MPM-1000 modem product family, has been designed to capitalize on the special features and benefits of the WGS satellite.
Testing was performed at the US Army’s CERDEC Joint SATCOM Engineering Center (JSEC) Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) facility. The Ka-Band network test environment included a heterogeneous mix of terminals, including both 2.4m and 0.6m Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs). The L-3 Linkabit NCW PTS modems were successfully tested during the emulation phase in both benign and contested scenarios and in benign scenarios during OTA testing.
“The introduction of the PTS enhancement to our NCW waveform is an excellent advanced capability in that it provides an affordable level of protection for warfighters standing up and operating networks in difficult environments,” said Elissa Seidenglanz, President of L-3 Linkabit.
The L-3 Linkabit-developed PTS modem leverages the deployed NCW waveform to provide highly proportionate, effective and automated anti-jam responses within both hostile and non-hostile interference environments. L-3 Linkabit provides full-mesh IP over SATCOM solutions that enable mobile and halted forces to collaborate, access Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) resources, and exchange voice, data and video in a tactical environment. L-3 Linkabit’s Network-Centric Waveform (NCW), embedded in the MPM-1000 modem product family, has been designed to capitalize on the special features and benefits of the WGS satellite.