Sept.
19,
2011
Raytheon
Company
fielded
the
first
Advanced
Extremely
High
Frequency
(AEHF)
Secure
Mobile
Anti-jam
Reliable
Tactical
Terminal
(SMART-T)
satellite
communications
solution
to
the
U.S.
armed
services.
The
Raytheon
AEHF
SMART-T
increases
the
data
rate
of
existing
SMART-T
systems
by a
factor
of
four.
"Raytheon's
latest
SMART-T
solution
delivers
the
next
generation
of
protected
communications
that's
compatible
with
both
EHF
and
AEHF
satellites,"
said
Scott
Whatmough,
vice
president
of
Raytheon
Network
Centric
Systems'
Integrated
Communications
Systems.
"AEHF
SMART-T
provides
the
end-user
with
more
mission
flexibility
and
increased
capacity
to
transmit
voice,
data
and
video,
providing
increased
situational
awareness."
Raytheon
will
field
364
AEHF
SMART-T
terminals
to
the
U.S.
armed
services.
An
additional
19
systems
will
be
fielded
in
Canada
and
seven
in
the
Netherlands
through
2015.
"The
first
fielding,
along
with
success
in
similar
SATCOM
programs,
demonstrates
Raytheon's
proven
ability
to
work
with
our
customers
to
deliver
complex
satellite
communication
systems
utilizing
multiple
waveforms,
on
time
and
under
budget,"
added
Whatmough.
The
AEHF
SMART-T
upgrade
incorporates
Raytheon's
eXtended
Data
Rate
(XDR)
waveform
hardware
and
software
modifications,
a
technological
breakthrough
in
protected
communications.
The
new
XDR
waveform
provides
users
with
increased
bandwidth
and
speed,
enabling
tactical
military
communications
such
as
real-time
video,
battlefield
mapping
and
targeting
data.
