Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal
Abstract
Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (Global ASNT) will be comprised of Extremely High Frequency (EHF)/Advanced Extremely High Frequency (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 (WCPs) 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 WCPs and mobile support teams with survivable communication paths to receive Emergency Action Messages (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 increments: the first increment fields the EHF/AEHF capability; the second increment fields the HF/UHF/AAS capability; and the third increment fields the VLF/LF capability. Global ASNT is the last line of operational communication when all other peacetime links fail. 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 years.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 676029_0303131F_7_3600_PB_2014
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