Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Capability

Abstract

The United States Army Tactical Space Strategy provides tactical land component forces with space-based capabilities required to close the top three Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) gaps. National, DoD, commercial space-based, and High Altitude (HA) sensor data will be integrated into ground architecture to provide resilient communications, assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), deep sensing capabilities, and Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) required in the targeting process. These capabilities will enable rapid and responsive Sensor-to-Shooter (S2S) applications required to engage and defeat A2/AD forces and enable force projection and maneuver in contested Multi-Domain Operations. The LEO Satellite Capability is now called the LEO Battle Management Command, Control (BMC2) and Ground Infrastructure. The BMC2 and Ground Infrastructure will provide prototyping, experimentation, and risk reduction activities for ground architecture, supporting wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing required for Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) targeting and force maneuver, significantly reducing Sensor to Shooter (S2S) timelines. It will enable Warfighters at echelon to dynamically task, receive and disseminate data to directly support live-fire S2S demonstrations and assessments including Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing/s (APNT/S) Cross Functional Team (CFT) Campaign of Learning and Army Futures Command (AFC) Project Convergence.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0604035A_4_2040_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Artificial Satellites
• Battle Management
• Combat Operations
• Command And Control
• Department Of Defense
• Earth Orbits
• Ground Stations
• High Altitude
• Line Of Sight
• Low Earth Orbits
• Multi-Domain Operations
• Situational Awareness
• Space Based
• Space Communications
• Test And Evaluation
• United States European Command
• Warfare

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

• Space
• Space - Satellites