Shooting the bird: word gets around that is, if the communication channels are available, open and online. Satellite communication links are vital to today's warfighter, and even more so on the tactical level. Pointing an antenna at a satellite and shooting voice, data and video back and forth has become an integral ingredient of the communications prescription for success.

Armada International › Vol. 35 Nbr. 5, October 2011

Author: Keggler, Johnny

Position:: Communication

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Shooting the bird: word gets around that is, if the communication channels are available, open and online. Satellite communication links are vital to today's warfighter, and even more so on the tactical level. Pointing an antenna at a satellite and shooting voice, data and video back and forth has become an integral ingredient of the communications prescription for success.

The demand for timely information on the battlefield continues to increase, and connectivity is required to reach down to ever - lower tactical levels. Commanders increasingly choose the overwhelming Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) option rather than opting for monumental force in order to deploy highly-accurate weapons, to conduct specific, targeted operations or simply to provide the most advantageous conditions for their ground troops to operate.

This requires a copious supply of bandwidth, which can realistically only be provided, or in reality, enhanced, by a tactical satellite communication capability.

Many of the legacy satellite commun...

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