Satellite Communication Subsystem

Features

Specifications

• Part Name Assigned By Controlling Agency:
  Wideo storage wide area network
• Supplementary Features:
  Is an integrated communications systems consisting of commercial-off-the-shelf (cots) ip-based networking equipment contained within a shelter, generator, and environmental control unit (ecu), mounted on a m1097a2 hmmwv; will enable the tactical commander to possess a mobile system in order to provide near-real time streaming video on the battlefield; allows the marine forces to multicast video, pull on-demand video, conduct file transfers of mpeg and non-mpeg files, pull nipr and sipr services, voip connectivity, and e-mail and web services on both nipr and sipr; this capability is now provided on a mobile platform; vswan will be fielded to marine expeditionary force (mef) in support of operation iraqi freedom (oif) and follow-on operations based on urgent universal need statement (u-uns) submitted by i mef
• Federal Supply Class (fsc):
  Miscellaneous communication equipment
• National Stock Number (nsn):
  5895-01-541-8139