Integration of the Defense Satellite Communication System and the Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications Super High Frequency Program

摘要

Satellite communication can play a vital role in ongoing efforts to enhance communication systems available to the Ground Mobile Forces, i.e., the ground maneuvering units of the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The interface of the Defence Satellite Communication System and the Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications Super High Frequency program is crucial to effective operational control of the limited space segment available. To facilitate an analytical examination of this crucial interface, a brief history of military communication satellites and the Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications program is included in the beginning of the thesis. The management hierarchies of the Defense Communications Agency, the Ground Mobile Satellite Communications Control System, and Tactical Communications Control Facilities and their interrelationships are examined in detail. Alternatives for facilitating operational control of the limited space segment are presented. (Author)