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Extending Ultra-High Optical Bandwidth to the Network Edge
Modern warfighter operations require secure, reliable, high-capacity communications networks. A primary objective for deployed forces is a communication system that will allow for on-the-move, over-the-horizon, pushing and pulling of data and imagery through all echelons of command.
In addition, these networks must be able to simultaneously and seamlessly provide communications for both manned and unmanned airborne and ground systems and installations throughout the battlespace. The objective is a strategic and tactical network, linking airborne ISR assets, tasking, processing, exploitation and dissemination centers and ground-based, “On the Move/At the Halt” (OTM/ATH) dismounted and maneuver-force elements.
The aggregated information load of today’s battlefield is placing increasing demands on the capacities of current RF systems. There is a shortfall in meeting secure, mobile, high-bandwidth demand. To meet projected future military requirements, Free-Space Optical Communications (FSOC) and RF systems in higher frequency bands will need to be employed to alleviate bandwidth bottlenecks. Through the introduction of the AOptix adaptive optics enabled lasercom terminals, FSOC technology has now become an operationally viable solution.
Static fiber-optic networks can be seamlessly extended via FSOC to include airborne sensors, command platforms and deployed tactical units.
AOptix hardware meets the need for FSOC and extends the high data rate required for network-centric operations. The innovative AOptix lasercom systems provide:
- Ground and air nodes
- 40 Gbps data rates to over 150km
- Single Mode and Multi Mode configurations
- LPD/LPI/LPE
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