Team Transportable Communications/Collection Suite

The objective of this research project is to continue the Team Transportable Collection/Communications architecture work started under SBIR Phase I, investigating the latest in communication and collection technologies, and developing a plug and play, scaleable architecture to satisfy SOF portable command center needs. At the completion, ITAC will deliver one TTS prototype, demonstrating seamless communications and collection capability, which can monitor a local communications/electronic warfare environment, coordinate the collection processes of remote sensors and forward deployed field units, correlate data from the various sensors, acquire relevant National information, and provide real-time situational awareness and threat warning to users within the network on meaningful geographic displays. The broad based analytical tools and communications infrastructure will permit forward deployed forces to take a high-fidelity look at the signals environment and send back advanced signals for analysis. The results of analysis can then be forwarded to deployed units, updating threat information in real-time on the soldiers’ threat displays, providing the field units access to analysts and linguists located at a safe location. The modular system will scale to large backpacks, transportable, and rack mountable units, supporting the TTS and IMC roles for MANPACK applications.