Multi-Band Tactical Communications Payload

Innoflight propose to design a modular tactical network payload architecture to take advantage of Non-Geosynchronous Satellite Orbit (NGSO) constellations such as: Iridium Next, OneWeb, SpaceX and Telesat LEO. Lower bandwidth solutions also exist, such as ORBCOMM, and GlobalStar. The payload architecture will support a wide range of waveforms using a high performance Software Defined Radio (SDR) and an on board library. Navy waveforms such as Link-16, Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) SATCOM waveforms/protocols could include the Integrated Waveform, Integrated Broadcast Service, or Common Interactive Broadcast (CIB). On the NGSO interface, Innoflight will design a modular interface that can support a wide variety of host buses, physical interfaces, and communications protocols.For this effort, Innoflight will implement the Link-16 waveform with network wide monitoring capability, selective monitoring capability, and message transmission capability.