1. Why are Communications Important? A Maritime View
Bob Stephenson
COMSPAWAR

2. “Going to sea used to be fun. Then we got radios.”
Arleigh A. Burke
Admiral US Navy

3. The Revolution in Communications
KBS UHF SATCOM
1994 SHF 256 KBS (First use of DSCS)
I MBS to carriers, 64 KBS to FFGs (IT-21)
MBS to USS Abraham Lincoln for President’s speech
DSCS Wideband Satellite IOC. 8 MBS to CVNS, 512 KBS to DDGs
“Split IP” 8 MBS up 25 MBS down

4. What do we do? Power projection Real time common operational picture
Ballistic Missile Defense
Coalition Operations
Humanitarian Assistance /Disaster relief
Anti piracy
ISR

5. POWER PROJECTION COMMUNICATIONS IS ESSENTIAL FOR C2 AND TARGETING
ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE OUR PRECISION GUIDED WEAPONS
WE ARE NOT JUST A JOINT, BUT ALSO A COALITION FORCE

6. ISR WIDE RANGE OF UNMANNED AIR AND SUBSURFACE VEHICLES BEING DEPLOYED
LONG RANGE ISR REQUIRES SATCOM FOR C2 OF THE VEHICLE AND TO RECEIVE DATA FROM THE VEHICLE
WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO RECEVIE AND PROCESS ALL THE DATA

7. OTHER OPERATIONS COUNTER PIRACY COUNTER NARCOTICS THE NEW NORMAL
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS ARE BECOMING COMMON PLACE
SUMATRA
NEW ORLEANS
HAITI
JAPAN
COUNTER PIRACY
COUNTER NARCOTICS
THEATER SECURITY OPERATIONS

8. LOGISTICS A CRITICAL ENABLING CAPABILITY
LIKE MANY OTHER ENTERPRISES WE RELY ON JUST IN TIME LOGISTICS TO SUPPORT OUR GLOBAL OPERATIONS
MODERN AIRCRAFT AND OTHER SYSTEMS RELY ON COMMUNICATIONS BACK TO CONUS TO HELP MAINTAIN THEIR READINESS

9. What do we do next? Protect it as best we can
Figure out how to operate if its not there