Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW)
Abstract
Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) is a waveform designed to mitigate the effects of advanced jamming in Anti-Access/Area Denial environments. PTW provides worldwide, beyond line of sight, Anti-Jam (AJ), Low Probability of Intercept communications, via military and commercial satellite systems for tactical users in all Services. This effort funds PTW modem development and aperture development on suitable platforms like (but not limited to) RQ-4 Global Hawk and EQ-4B/E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). PTW provides communications path diversity by increasing SATCOM resilience through satellite, spectral, and waveform diversity. This effort continues work started in Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration (PTSFD) to complete PTW maturity and modem development, leveraging TALON Tacet Avis aperture work to develop PTW antenna and radome. It includes terminal certification efforts (Information Assurance (IA), NSA and MIL-STD). This effort funds continued development of PTW components, protected tactical terminal modems that will be capable of being fully integrated into existing wideband terminals and will ensure delivery of protected tactical SATCOM to the joint and coalition warfighters in contested, degraded environments. PTW development activities may also include technical and acquisition related studies, analysis, and early systems engineering and risk reduction activities addressing all subsystems to support both current program planning/execution and future AF program planning.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 016e78fac897d2f5e020b5be3e464553