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Navy delivers more Internet bandwidth to small ships in trial

The Navy has been performing a high-speed satellite networking trial ab that gives smaller ships up to 10 times more satellite bandwidth than previously available.

According to the Navy Times, the Commercial Satellite Broadband Program, currently being tested aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Champion, is part of SPAWAR's plan to upgrade and consolidate its satellite communications with ships at sea. CSBP relies on leased commercial satellite capacity, and will soon be deployed aboard additional small ships such as mine countermeasures ships and frigates. 

The broadband capabilities of the satellite system have allowed access to SIPRNet from the Champion, as well as relatively unrestricted access to Internet sites -- though over a separate channel than used for NIPRNet and SIPRNet.

Posted on Sep 23, 2008 at 8:12 AM


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