SATCOM Supply Versus Demand and the Impact on Remotely Piloted Aircraft ISR

Abstract

Changes in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensor technology have drastically increased the amount of available data, but the primary method of transmitting the data Satellite Communications (SATCOM) has not kept pace. Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) such as the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper are a major user of SATCOM for both command and control and data links. Their full motion video (FMV) sensors provide exquisite ISR capability; however, FMV requires significant SATCOM bandwidth. With military SATCOM (MILSATCOM) capacity at a premium, RPA ISR dissemination is executed exclusively via commercial SATCOM (COMSATCOM).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031389

Entities

People

  • Lisa A. Baghal

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bandwidth
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Data Links
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Frequency Bands
  • Full Motion Video
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Security
  • National Security
  • Satellite Communications
  • United States Government
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

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