Airborne Tactical Relay
Abstract
Current program plan calls for the development and maturation of an airborne communications relay suitable for flight on a UAV. The relay was demonstrated in an operational environment at the end of 2009 and transitioned in 2010. The first year’s effort was executed by the Marine Corps (Office of Naval Research) and the second year’s effort was executed by the Marine Corps (Office of Naval Research) and Army (Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center). Plans called for a common, joint airborne relay supporting tactical small units developed jointly by the Marine Corps and Army, to include development of the payloads and concepts of operation and transition directly to the Services. Research efforts include BLOS Tactical Communications Relay (BTCR) and Advanced Tactical Data Link (ATDL). Overall goal: Increase the understanding of airborne tactical relays. Demonstrate the network communication technology required to support small unit distributed operations. Establish the concept of operations for how these technologies will be operationally used and supported.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- e93254238f4b91745e67a96700873d65