Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite (AEHF)

Abstract

Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite (AEHF) is a joint service satellite communications system that provides global, survivable, secure, protected, and jam-resistant communications for high priority military ground, sea, and air assets. The system consists of four satellites in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit that provide 10 times the capacity of the 1990s-era Milstar Block II satellites. The system provides continuous 24-hour Extremely High Frequency Extended Data Rate coverage between 65 degrees north and 65 degrees south latitude. AEHF allows the National Security Council and Combatant Commanders to control their tactical and strategic forces at all levels of conflict up to and including general nuclear war, and it supports the attainment of information superiority.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1018964

Entities

People

  • Robert Tarleton

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Extremely High Frequency
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Procurement
  • Satellite Buses
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Spacecraft
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

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