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CARLSBAD, Calif., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, showcased its ability to enable resilient and tactical cloud-based communications during the Naval Integration in Contested Environments (NICE) Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) from April 5-15, 2021, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The NICE ANTX event, led by the Naval Research & Development Enterprise (NR&DE), invited organizations from across industry, academia and government R&D to demonstrate emerging technologies that could be leveraged by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps in support of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) and Littoral Operations in Contested Environments (LOCE).
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NIWC Atlantic demonstrates MUOS TDM technology 07 May 2021 (Last Updated May 7th, 2021 10:59)
The US Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic team has successfully demonstrated Tactical Deployable Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) (TDM) technology.
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Officials observe emerging technologies being demonstrated at Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2021. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Joseph Bullinger.
The TDM technology is an alternative SATCOM capability designed to provide contingency communications for warfighters.
The evaluation took place during 2021 joint civilian-military exercise ‘Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX)’.
NIWC Atlantic systems engineer and TDM programme lead Mike Johnson said: “It was a great opportunity to get out and demonstrate our satellite surrogate to warfighters and other interested parties.
Each prototype technology was grouped into one of six capability areas: command and control, communications, domain maneuver, fires and effects, fleet support, and operations in an information environment.
Naval leaders selected roughly 65 technologies, the majority of them from private industry. Assessors gauged each capability while observers envisioned relevant EABO/DMO scenarios in which each product could be used.
Technologies focused on radio frequency waveforms, autonomous air and sea vehicles, advanced sensors, optical communications, cybersecurity applications, and a variety of software capabilities.
“The assessments helped us understand exactly how those technologies could work in an operational environment,” said Matt Largent, a NIWC Atlantic engineer and NICE ANTX assessment lead. “That information is also extremely useful to the technology owners, since some products can be improved upon to help us with capability gaps we are looking to fill.”