In this article, I want to discuss how U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) continues to explore better ways to meet its ever-growing mission demands. This article explores current initiatives that will improve support to missile tracking and testing and Space launch efforts at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS)/U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA); support to the joint warfighter through the use of operationally responsive Space and high altitude platforms; and the contributions of the Big Crow Project Office. Real time mission data from the Pacific Rim possible through fiber optic cable SMDC/ARSTRAT supports the Missile Defense Agencys (MDA) efforts to build a missile defense system through real-time mission support at RTS. Negotiations continue for the installation of a submarine fiber optic cable to be in place by Fiscal Year 2008 between RTS and the continental U.S. (CONUS) and other dispersed locations.
Technology Initiatives in Support of Joint Warfighters - Current Initiatives
2007
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Sciences , Common Carrier & Satellite , Joint military activities , Technology assessment , Strategic communications , Information exchange , Guided missiles , Test and evaluation , Position(Location) , Fibers , Department of defense , Global , United states , Defense systems , Guam , Information transfer , Networks , Real time , Distribution , Cables , Reliability , Platforms , Fiber optics transmission lines , Command and control systems , Missions , Information security , High altitude , Launching , Satellite communications , Procurement , Communication and radio systems , Telecommunications , Guided missile tracking systems , Army , Timeliness , Bandwidth , Video signals , Agriculture , Space missions , Land areas , Negotiations , Transformations , Rural areas , Underwater equipment , Kwajalein atoll , Marshall islands , Military forces(United states) , Fiber optics , Velocity , Reprints
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