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News Release from: Radstone Embedded Computing | Subject: GS16
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2006
Rugged Ethernet switch survives tactical
duties
Boeing has used a stand-alone GS16 rugged Gigabit Ethernet switch in a successful F-15E1 test mission to demonstrate the capabilities of DARPA's TTNT programme.
The stand-alone GS16 rugged Gigabit Ethernet switch from Radstone Embedded Computing was selected by Boeing to take part in a successful F-15E1 test mission to demonstrate the capabilities of DARPA's TTNT (Tactical Targeting Network Technology) programme The mission - known as the TTNT Phase 3 Demonstration, and which saw the GS16 deployed with five of its 16 available connections hooked via a local area network to devices on the aircraft - was completed in September 2005
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We're extremely pleased that Boeing has provided us with the opportunity to demonstrate that the GS16 can be an excellent solution for the increasingly network-dependent fighter jets of the future", said Peter Cavill, President of Radstone Embedded Computing.
"It is a privilege for us to take part in such a high profile program, and one that promises to have such a significant impact on the effectiveness of the combat systems of tomorrow".
The purpose of DARPA's TTNT programme is to research new technologies that can improve the precision and speed with which tactical targets can be located in a distributed sensor environment - for example, multiple aircraft and multiple ground stations co-operating to locate and act on the same targets.
The September 2005 mission was executed in a real "tactical thread" with real fighter aircraft under real conditions - but with simulated targets.
According to DARPA, the TTNT network successfully demonstrated the ability to: transmit data at speeds of 2Mbit/s over distances greater than 100 nautical miles; maintain a network with a 10Mbit/s capacity; transmit data further than 100 nautical miles in less than 2ms in a low latency mode; coexist with the military's existing Link 16 network; register new platforms within five seconds of entry into the network; transmit data in excess of 300 nautical miles; and route data across multiple nodes beyond line of sight, including sending tactical Internet protocol applications from aircraft to the surrogate CAOC at China Lake and to Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
The next mission in the programme, known as the JEFX (Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment), will take place in April 2006, and is designed to explore the benefits and opportunities of further increasing the networking capabilities deployed on fighter aircraft.
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