Teleport Program

Abstract

Department of Defense (DoD) Teleport system is a satellite communications (SATCOM) gateway that links the deployed warfighter to the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN). Currently, the Teleport system operates as an upgrade of SATCOM capabilities at selected DoD SATCOM gateways. This system provides deployed warfighters with seamless worldwide multi-band SATCOM connectivity to the Defense Information System Network (DISN) Service Delivery Nodes and legacy tactical command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence systems. It also provides centralized integration capabilities, contingency capacity, and common interfaces to access the DISN. DoD Teleport's goal is to provide secure, seamless, interoperable, and economical upgrades to DoD SATCOM Gateways and meet the growing throughput requirements of the deployed warfighter. The primary beneficiaries of the DoD Teleport investment are the DoD Combatant Commanders, Military Departments, Defense Agencies, and the warfighter. Teleport is currently planning test events for MUOS Voice Gateway (MVG) and the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) to Legacy Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Gateway Component (MLGC). The U.S. Space Force MUOS program is the Defense Department’s next-generation narrowband military satellite communications system that supports worldwide, multiservice population of UHF band users, providing increased communications capabilities to smaller terminals while maintaining interoperability with legacy terminals. MUOS is designed to support users that require mobility, high data rates and improved operational availability. MUOS will provide greater than 10 times the system capacity of the current UHF constellation. The Teleport Program has developed the MLGC and MVG systems to facilitate interoperability between MOUS users and legacy users. MLGC will provide interoperability between MUOS users and legacy UHF users by installing MUOS-to-Legacy UHF SATCOM Gateway Component (MLGC) suites of equipment at DoD Teleport sites. MUOS will provide the warfighter with modern worldwide mobile communication services, using the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access waveform for use in the military UHF SATCOM band. MLGC suites will also help DoD tactical satellite users transition from legacy waveforms and radios to the Joint Tactical Radio System.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2024
Source ID
1203610K_7_0400_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
The decrease of -$1.270 in FY 2024 is due to the end of requirements for Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) test support for Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) MUOS-to-Legacy UHF Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Gateway Component (MLGC)/MUOS Voice Gateway (MVG) testing.
Service Agency Name
Defense Information Systems Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Information Systems Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Code Division Multiple Access
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Developmental Tests
  • Frequency
  • Information Systems
  • Military Satellites
  • Mobile Phones
  • Multiple Access
  • Procurement
  • Radio Equipment
  • Satellite Communications
  • Space Force
  • Tactical Radios
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites

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