Protected Anti-jam Tactical SATCOM Marquee Effort for SMC

摘要

The U.S. Space Force's Protected Anti-jam Tactical Satellite Communications (PATS) program isa marquee science, technology and innovation (ST&I) effort for the Space Force Space andMissile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles AFB, Calf."A great example of this unified approach on ST&I is the PATS program--our next generationtactical SATCOM family of systems meant to provide worldwide beyond line of sight anti-jamcommunications to warfighters in both benign and contested environments," Lt. Gen. John T."JT" Thompson, the SMC commander, said during the Air Force Association (AFA) virtualAerospace Warfare Symposium (vAWS). "The SMC PATS team is utilizing multiple contractingapproaches for different elements of the program so we can achieve speed and flexiblity andput into operations the most innovative approaches as quickly as possible."