Marshall Communications Corporation [MARSHALL] announced the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a contract to MARSHALL for the Tactical Service Provider (TSP) for the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD). The Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, in conjunction with the U.S. Congress, established the JCTD Program to rapidly place relevant, mature, technologies in the hands of the Joint Coalition Warfighters. DISA is co-sponsoring the TSPJCTD to advance the Net Centric Operating Environment by delivering a global, broadband, mobile, and integrated environment for tactical collaboration using emerging, standards-based, and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) wireless and satellite (SATCOM) technology.
This new contract award will establish the first and only DVB-RCS/S2 hub in the U.S. to be connected to the Defense Information Service Network (DISN). MARSHALL will be using its own Managed Two-way Network Service, SkyMarshal, to provide the standards-based, DVB-RCS/S2 service for TSP. The TSP service is offered from the Intelsat General Teleport located in Hagerstown, MD, where there is DISN connectivity. MARSHALL is responsible for providing network management, systems integration, engineering and remote RCS/S2 terminals for the system, which will provide two-way, real time IP video capabilities in strategic areas of operations. In addition to deploying the operational system, MARSHALL will be performing the network management, help desk support, and monitoring of the system from its headquarters.
The Global Broadcasting System will transition to the DVB-RCS/S2 technology as will the DVB-RCS hub that is currently installed at the DOD Teleport in Landstuhl, Germany. MARSHALL led the effort in the systems integration and engineering in providing the unique, first-of-its kind DVB-RCS system in Landstuhl, for USCENTCOM – currently supporting operations in Iraq—Ashburn, Virginia
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