Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal
Abstract
Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (Global ASNT) will be comprised of Extremely High Frequency (EHF)/Advanced EHF (AEHF), Very Low Frequency (VLF)/Low Frequency (LF), High Frequency (HF), Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and the Aircrew Alerting System (AAS) components (pagers/klaxons), and will provide secure, survivable inter-site, intra-site and mobile communications to bomber, tanker and reconnaissance wing command posts and mobile relocation teams with strategic responsibilities. Global ASNT terminals will be developed and fielded to replace strategic mobile and fixed-site Single Channel Anti-jam Man-Portable (SCAMP) terminals and Aircraft Alerting Communications Electromagnetic Pulse System/Electromagnetic Pulse Hardened Dispersal Communications (AACE/EHDC) systems. Global ASNT primary mission is to provide strategic Wing Command Posts and mobile support teams survivable communication paths to receive EAMs and Force Management messages from Nuclear Command and Control (NC2) nodes and disseminate them to bomber, tanker, and reconnaissance aircrews. Global ASNT will provide solutions to existing capability shortfalls for NC2 and has significant potential to provide distributed and transportable command and control capabilities beyond the traditional NC2 mission. Global ASNT will be fielded in separate, incremental phases; the first phase fields the AEHF capability followed by the UHF/AAS capability. Global ASNT is the last line of operational communication when all other peacetime links fail. Ground Element MEECN System (GEMS) contract was terminated for convenience on 16 June 2011. Global ASNT is not an FY13 New Start. FY11 Omnibus New Start approved for Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (Global ASNT). GEMS (BPAC 675047) FY12 funds were retained for execution of the Global ASNT program. This program is in Budget Activity 07, Operational System Development, because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 676029_0303131F_7_3600_PB_2013
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