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Boeing, Navy test coms system
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., (UPI) -- Operational tests by Boeing and the U.S. Navy have shown the efficacy of the company's Directional NetWork System for communications without a satellite.
Boeing said Wednesday the tests were June 14-16 off the California coast during the Navy's Trident Warrior 2010 fleet command exercise.
"The primary goal of Trident Warrior is to improve information dominance capabilities, maritime warfighting policy and procedure and interoperability between U.S. and coalition partners," Capt. Carl Conti, of the Navy's Fleet Forces Command. "This means testing emerging technologies, tactics, techniques and procedures that increase the capability of the warfighter."
Boeing said its DNW terminals were installed aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard as well as at the Camp Pendleton. Another terminal was placed at Point Loma to simulate another ship and one was placed aboard a helicopter.
"Boeing met its goal of passing data between ships, aircraft and shore sites through a network, ensuring connectivity with one another and with intelligence processing centers during the critical warfighting operations," said Alex Lopez, vice president of Boeing Advanced Network and Space Systems. "This tool keeps information flowing in vital situations, increasing warfighters' safety."
Boeing touts the DNW as the next generation of 100 megabyte-per-second mesh networking technology.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., (UPI) -- Operational tests by Boeing and the U.S. Navy have shown the efficacy of the company's Directional NetWork System for communications without a satellite.
Boeing said Wednesday the tests were June 14-16 off the California coast during the Navy's Trident Warrior 2010 fleet command exercise.
"The primary goal of Trident Warrior is to improve information dominance capabilities, maritime warfighting policy and procedure and interoperability between U.S. and coalition partners," Capt. Carl Conti, of the Navy's Fleet Forces Command. "This means testing emerging technologies, tactics, techniques and procedures that increase the capability of the warfighter."
Boeing said its DNW terminals were installed aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard as well as at the Camp Pendleton. Another terminal was placed at Point Loma to simulate another ship and one was placed aboard a helicopter.
"Boeing met its goal of passing data between ships, aircraft and shore sites through a network, ensuring connectivity with one another and with intelligence processing centers during the critical warfighting operations," said Alex Lopez, vice president of Boeing Advanced Network and Space Systems. "This tool keeps information flowing in vital situations, increasing warfighters' safety."
Boeing touts the DNW as the next generation of 100 megabyte-per-second mesh networking technology.