AMF JTRS Radio transmits sata & video between multiple air and ground nodes
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] performed its first successful Joint Tactical Radio network demonstration for the U.S. Navy, transmitting Internet-Protocol enabled data and video communications Using a Joint Tactical Pre-Engineering Development Model (pre-EDM) radio, the team extended the Navy’s existing network via wireless communications. The demonstration verified the technical maturity of the Airborne & Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) network. AMF JTRS is designed to allow Airmen, Sailors, Marines and Soldiers to seamlessly share secure (NSA Type 1) voice, data, and video communications, in real-time.
During the exercise at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Combined Test Bed Laboratory, the Lockheed Martin team, supported by Northrop Grumman, integrated an AMF Pre-EDM Joint Tactical Radio with the Shipboard Automated Digital Network System (ADNS), which is the backbone for the U.S. Navy’s Joint Maritime Communications System. Enabled with a preliminary version of the Internet Protocol-capable Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) capability, the AMF JTRS radio transmitted Maritime command and control applications data, messages, live streaming video, and real-time situational awareness data from the shipboard network to another shipboard workstation. Lockheed Martin’s AMF JTRS team includes BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.
