CenGen has supported numerous Office of Naval Research, Naval Research, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency over the last three years in this area including ONR’s Littoral Combat Future Naval Capability and Code 30 in support of Expeditionary Warfare and Combating Terrorism S&T departments under Secure Contract N0014-03-C-0180-Secure Mobile Wireless Networks, and Contract N0014-03-C-0353-Advanced Marine Corps Communications R&D.

The focus of these efforts was specifically to introduce secure wireless connectivity into the Marine Corps to address short range, Type 1 secure, wireless LAN connectivity challenges. This effort addressed a broad class of potential approaches to meet the requirements of user mobility within a local environment, as well as, providing vehicle connectivity within that local environment to provide access to gateways that are communicating to higher echelons (JTRS, TACSAT).

CenGen achieved the following: Created a highly mobile and reliable On-The-Move (OTM), Over-The-Horizon (OTH) connectivity between multiple, geographically isolated and mobile tactical radio networks, addressing the concern for the Line of Sight (LOS) limitations of the Marine Corps tactical data radio system; Provided proof of concept development for Type 1 Mobile Secure enhancements in support of JECCS, UOC, EFV, ForceNet, and D-DACT; Supported fielding/limited user evaluation (LUE) efforts to address the most critical shortcoming and provide recommendations to enhance seamless mobility and reduce configuration requirements for users; Optimization of the data to effectively utilize existing and emerging tactical data radios; Integration of on-the-move SATCOM capabilities into the CONDOR architecture; UAV relay testing support and inclusion in CONDOR architecture spirals, Engineering Data Models (EDM) Development; Developed optimized techniques to support CONDOR Gateways (GW)/POPV/CONDOR Army network optimization; Demonstrated a Type 1 Secure IP system for ship-to-shore communication while under way to relive on board satcom communications requirement between ships in a battlegroup. IP services were provided to VoIP telephones, computers, VTC suite and the DSSS Aegis battle simulation system. Service was provided for two sites that were approximately 6.5 miles apart as an alternative for battle group communications.