U.S. Space Force lays out a SATCOM vision for maintaining communications in degraded, limited environments
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force released its new Enterprise SATCOM Vision Feb. 19, formally laying out a desire for a single satellite communication architecture that is capable of keeping warfighters connected even in contested, degraded, and operationally limited environments. C4ISRnet reports. Continue reading original article
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28 Feb. 2020 -- Under this SATCOM vision, military and commercial satellite providers would be integrated, allowing warfighters to switch seamlessly to whatever network or signal is available while maintaining connectivity.
The Space Force refers to this approach to maintaining communications even in degraded or contested environments as “Fighting SATCOM,” and the nascent service has asked for $43 million in research, development, test & evaluation funding to develop the Fighting SATCOM Enterprise in its budget request for fiscal year 2021. Such a system does not exist today.
Under the new vision, all SATCOM requirements collection, planning, allocation, and operational management processes will be brought under a single command to exploit efficiencies and improve situational awareness. The Chief of Space Operations will provide enterprise SATCOM capabilities to the head of U.S. Space Command.
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