Space Assets: Key Combat Enabler for Multinational Force West

Abstract

UFO, GPS, DSP. What do these three acronyms have in common? If you answered Space, as in "the final frontier," then you're absolutely correct. Each acronym (UFO - Ultrahigh Frequency Follow-On, GPS - Global Positioning System and DSP - Defense Support Program) represents a different constellation of Department of Defense satellites; satellites that provide critical combat support to warfighters around the globe. Those Space professionals reading this will see this opening statement as a real "duh" kind of thing, but to a group of U.S. Marines who knew nothing about space support, they became central to acquiring support they never dreamed possible. In Iraq, Space teams are supporting the division, multinational corps, and combined air and ground component headquarters levels, all of whom are supporting the Global War on Terror.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA518446

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Russell

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combat Support
  • Department Of Defense
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Iraqi-War
  • Marine Corps
  • Mobile Phones
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • Navigation
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space