Expeditionary Submarine Fiber Optic Cable (SFOC)

Abstract

The Expeditionary Submarine Fiber Optic Cable (SFOC) Communications project is a classified program responsible for developing and experimenting innovative concepts designed to validate both material and non-material methodologies to provide resilient command and control within the maritime domain. The project focus is to demonstrate capabilities that leverage existing DOD investments and infrastructure using non-traditional means to move data and information. The key deliverable will be a demonstration using maritime assets, experimental methodologies, and current backhaul architecture to validate C2 data movement in the maritime domain. Continue the development and refinement of advanced networking and communication capabilities in a maritime environment that promote C2 interoperability in Satellite Communications (SATCOM) - Restricted and SATCOM - Denied environments, and support the defeat Anti-Access Area Denial (A2/AD). Solutions will address higher bandwidth technologies across the Radio Frequency (RF) and Optical spectrum. This is not a new start. $7.54M of funding was transferred from project 3319 FLEX and moved to 3420 Expeditionary Submarine Fiber Optic Cable (SFOC) Communications for transparency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
3420_0606355N_6_1319_PB_2018

Tags

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

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

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