Rugged, Portable Ground Station for NSFS Targeting

Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) proposes to design and develop a Portable Ground Station that is easily carried by forward-deployed marines for use in targeting and surveillance. The Portable Ground Station will be capable of controlling and monitoring weapons and surveillance assets (UAVs) launched from ships positioned over the horizon and to designate targets to those ships and their weapons. Communications with the UAV(s) will be through a high-speed wireless data link. The wireless link will be LPI/LPD via the use of spread spectrum techniques. In addition, the Portable Ground Station shall be capable of receiving high quality compressed video using Wavelet compression techniques from the UAV(s). Thus, company or possibly smaller-size maneuver units can obtain tactical situational awareness data or neutralize specific objectives which can not be readily achieved through conventional call-fire methods.