The Quad-Service Satellite Transmitting and Receiving System for Medical Supply Support: A Battlefield Interoperability and Communications System Prototype, Volume 1.

Abstract

This report documents the design and development of a prototype information communications system for quad-service use in a theater of operations. The prototype was designed to allow seamless integration of legacy information systems operated by each of the four services, and is based on a combination of software interfaces and commercial satellite communications hardware. The QSTARS-MS prototype has been tested in a variety of garrison and deployment settings, including extensive use in Somalia and the former Yugoslav republics. The prototype demonstrates the feasibility of achieving joint interoperability through rapidly designed interfaces between legacy information systems. The prototype also offers world-wide, portable, and affordable satellite communications capability through the use of the International Maritime Satellite network.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA292836

Entities

People

  • John Lycas
  • Roger E. Miller

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Combat Support Hospitals
  • Computers
  • Deployment
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Satellite Communications
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites