Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need

Fourth State’s Enhanced Thermo-Scatter System (ETSS) provides long range telecommunications capabilities through the creation of a geosynchronous virtual satellite network anywhere in the world, enabling connectivity up to 2000 miles and at data rates up to 200 Mbps, from a ground based communications station in secure and protected locations ensuring resilient communications. With the ability to utilize Troposcatter systems already in the Air Force inventory the Air Force will gain the ability to obtain up to 200 Mbps at 2,000 miles. The reliance upon fiber optics, microwave, and satellite will be reduced and the reduction of infrastructure over long distances will increase security while in turn reducing costs for increased resiliency; the ETSS introduces a new paradigm for over-the-horizon communications.