Fast
Delivery of Proven 1.5-Meter Antennas to NRL
Supports U. S. Communications Infrastructure
 Following the attacks on the World
Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC Sept.
11, 2001, Homeland Defense initiatives have became a high priority
at a number of government agencies. Many are charged with developing
new methods of defending the country and restoring communications
links in the wake of domestic attack.
The U. S. Naval Research
Laboratories (NRL) is fielding a new Surrogate Incident Command
Vehicle (SICV) called "Infralynx." Mounted on a HMMWV,
Infralynx provides a wide range of on-the-move communications to
supplement or restore military and civilian communications during
and after an emergency.
The mobile communications system
can monitor RF signals (civilian, military and cellular) and provide
wireless video teleconferencing, a cellular base station and wide
band (Ku) reach back. Infralynx uses TriPoint Global Communications'
1.5-Meter SMK-LT antenna to transmit and receive satellite
communications.
Chris
Callow, Sales Manager for TriPoint Global's VertexRSI Antenna
business, said "Infralynx is important to the government's plan
to reconstruct communications infrastructure in the first few hours
after an incident. When Infralynx arrives on the scene it provides a
full suite of military and civilian communications equipment:
telephone, fax, STU 'secure voice' (commercial and DSN) internet
service and voice-over IP connectivity which allows the central
command to communicate with field agents seamlessly using
conventional HF/VHF/UHF communications.
"TriPoint Global was able to
provide the proven technology of the VertexRSI 1.5-Meter SMK antenna
to the NRL on an expedited schedule," Callow said. The
lightweight mobile antenna supports worldwide transmission and
reception of Satellite communications in Ku-band."
Infralynx units will be deployed
within an hour of most major cities in the US for use in the event
of an emergency.
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