Telecom Lead Asia: Hughes Network Systems, a global
provider of broadband satellite solutions and services, announced that it has
been supporting the Australian Defense Force (ADF) over the past 18 months.
The company said that it is helping Australian Defense
Force (ADF) through a series of technology trials analyzing the effects of
transitioning from legacy Frequency Division Multiple Access systems to
Internet Protocol (IP) Time Division Multiple Access architecture.
“Utilizing our HX System allowed us to integrate
Force elements with a single SATCOM technology, providing a true joint
operational capability and demonstrated the increased communication
capabilities and bandwidth efficiencies possible by employing an advanced TDMA
waveform,” said Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes
Defense and Intelligence Systems Division.
The company said that the trials were conducted across
ADF satellite payloads in X- and Ku-band utilizing the Hughes HX System of
fixed and transportable gateways, the HX280 satellite broadband router, and
advanced network management system, HX ExpertNMS.
The HX280 supports the rigorous requirements and
deployment needs of the ADF and is capable of star and mesh operation,
mobility, and is certified to Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
140-2 Level 2 for physical and Transmission Security (TRANSEC).
The trials made use of Hughes-integrated tactical VSAT systems from companies
such as L-3 Communications, GigaSat, Globecomm, Cobham TracStar, Rockwell
Collins, and Norsat International Inc.
The trials successfully integrated and deployed star and
mesh networks, demonstrating enhanced security and encryption, dynamic routing,
traffic prioritization, and varying quality of service levels as part of the
TDMA technology evaluation.
Under the contract, Hughes also provided a series of
training sessions tailored for the ADF.
Hughes ships over 5,000 broadband satellite terminals to
AltegroSky in 2011
Recently, Hughes Network Systems announced that it
shipped over 5,000 broadband satellite terminals and two network operations
centers (HN and HX NOCs) to AltegroSky in 2011.
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