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Raytheon Team Confident In MUOS Technical Solution
Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 29, 2004 At a media briefing held today, Raytheon Company and its Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) team members described the anticipated benefits that derive from its MUOS technical solution. The Team's MUOS proposal, which was recently sent to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), offers significant advantages to mobile warfighters and substantial savings to the U.S. Government. MUOS is the Department of Defense's next-generation, advanced narrow band communications satellite constellation that will serve U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps troops. SPAWAR is scheduled to award a multi-billion dollar MUOS Risk Reduction and Design Development (RR&DD) and an Acquisition and Operations Support (AOS) contract in June 2004. RR&DD runs through 2010 and covers system design, development, integration and testing. AOS spans the 2006 to 2013 timeframe and supports the MUOS satellite constellation, a comprehensive communication network and four ground stations that connect mobile warfighters to the entire system and to each other. The benefits unique to Raytheon's technical approach include a 10-fold increase in communication capability for more than 45,000 military radio users who now transmit and receive messages via the Ultra High Frequency Follow On (UFO) satellite constellation. As soon as the first MUOS satellite is launched and operating, even the most disadvantaged troops will experience a dramatic increase in satellite access and they will be able to communicate anytime, anywhere. Under Raytheon's approach, the same users will switch to the MUOS network seamlessly, without equipment changes or training. In addition, the team's technical solution will require no modification to thousands of vehicles, aircraft and ships that use legacy UHF radios today. Avoiding thousands of platform modifications would eliminate nearly $12 billion dollars in potential government expenditures. As prime contractor and systems integrator, Raytheon has assembled a proven team for MUOS: Honeywell Space Systems, Clearwater, Fla.; Space Systems/Loral Palo Alto, Calif.; Northrop Grumman Astro Aerospace, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Science Applications International Corporation, San Diego, Calif.; and ViaSat Carlsbad, Calif. "This is Raytheon's most important space communications program, and our team is fully committed to its success," said Frank Van Rensselaer, Raytheon's MUOS program manager. "We offer a low risk, evolutionary approach that will allow disadvantaged warfighters to communicate anytime, anywhere." Pat DeWitt, president of Space Systems/Loral said, "When the first MUOS satellite is launched, it will join more than 60 Loral 1300 satellite buses in orbit. The 1300 bus is a proven, low risk platform that will support the Team's end-to-end communication system." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Raytheon SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Military Space News at SpaceWar.com
Space Group To Activate New Unit
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 6, 2006Air Force Reserve Command's 310th Space Group will travel deeper into the space program when it activates a new unit Jan. 7. Headquarters Reserve National Security Space Institute will be a Reserve associate unit to the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. The institute is the Department of Defense's focal point for providing education about space power in joint warfighting. |
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