Implementation Tenets
Plan on every existing comm technology becoming obsolete
- Move to a “layered based” Plug-and-Play architecture
- Move mission specific functionality to the applications
- Focus on modularity and interchangeability
Migrate toward common implementations
- Standard baseband interface through IF
Support rapid deployability
- Example: reduce SATCOM terminal size and weight
Commercially based where possible ...
- …but need to address military specific requirements - security, robustness, and priority
Military systems when there’s no alternative ...
- …but need to include advanced commercial technologies