Boeing Demonstrates TSAT Next-Generation Processor Router
July 12, 2006
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The Boeing Co. completed a series of live tests demonstrating the interoperability of the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) next-generation processor router (NGPR) with a government reference ground terminal.
The tests, conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL) through the government's TSAT Radio Frequency Universal System Test Terminal, verified Boeing's initial compliance and compatibility with the XDR+ anti-jamming waveform, developed for TSAT ground-to-satellite connections. The tests also demonstrated a first step toward ensuring the delivery of "communications on the move" for TSAT military users, Boeing said.
"Since the team finished the planned testing three days early, we completed additional functionality and performance demonstrations, such as the communications waveform and resource control protocols in key risk reduction areas,” said Michael Gianelli, Boeing vice president of Navigation and Communications Systems.
The NGPR is designed to provide high-speed Internet Protocol (IP)-based capabilities to meet the communication requirements of the warfighter. Prior to the tests at MIT/LL, the team demonstrated functional performance of the NGPR at Harris Corp. on a high-fidelity test bed.
The NGPR demonstration follows other recent program accomplishments, including an on-orbit test of similar digital processing technology on a commercial satellite and a laser communications laboratory test.
The NGPR team includes Boeing, Harris and Innovative Communications Engineering (ICE).
The Boeing TSAT team includes Raytheon, Ball Aerospace, General Dynamics, IBM, L-3 Communications, Cisco Systems, BBN Technologies, Hughes Network Systems, Lucent Technologies, Harris, EMS Technologies, ICE and Alpha Informatics. The Boeing team is working under a $514 million U.S. Air Force contract for the risk reduction and system definition phase of the TSAT Space Segment program.
The Air Force plans to select a primary TSAT Space Segment contractor in fiscal year 2008.
Source: Boeing Co.