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PROGRAM
MILESTONES / HIGHLIGHTS
SyTech has installed
Circuit 27TV on board the following ship classes:
Amphibious Assault Ship - LHD (Wasp Class)
* LHD 5 USS Bataan
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LHD 6 USS Bon Homme Richard * LHD
7 USS Iwo Jima
Dock Landing Ship - LSD (Whidbey Island Class)
* LSD 41 USS Whidbey Island * LSD 44 USS
Gunston Hall
* LSD 47 USS Rushmore
* LSD 48 USS Ashland
Dock Landing Ship - LSD (Harper's Ferry Class)
* LSD 50 USS Carter Hall
* LSD 51 USS Oak Hill
* LSD 52 USS Pearl Harbor
Cruisers - CG (Ticonderoga Class)
* CG 48 USS Yorktown
Destroyers - DD (Spruance Class)
* DD 977 USS Briscoe
* DD 982 USS Nicholson
* DD 988 USS
Thorn * DD 989 USS Deyo
OTHER CAPABILITIES SUPPORTED:
Circuit 27TV once installed, provides high bandwidth communications
capable of transmitting teleconferencing, telemedicine, tele-training,
computer networking and Internet access at 128kbs. The network is
expandable as future requirements develop, providing networking capability
well into the future. Cable TV industry research and development is
introducing new technologies and capabilities that operate over high
bandwidth distribution systems including voice and data communications.
ADDITIONAL VIDEO SUPPORT :
AFN
Satellite Uplink Facility - SyTech
operates the Television Direct to Sailor (TV DTS) satellite uplink
facility at the American Forces Radio and Television Service
Broadcast Center at March Air Reserve Base. TV DTS provides two
television channels, three audio channels and a data channel for
text files, and when up linked, can be received by US Navy ships
while at sea. This provides valuable Quality of Life improvements
for sailors at sea because they see live television broadcasts as
though they were at home. Programs are first collected from the
various live inputs from ABC, CBS, CNN, ESPN, FOX, NBC, and PBS.
These programs are then up linked from the Broadcast Center to a
series of satellites and delivered worldwide via a secure
transmission path using MPEG-2 digital compression technology. The
primary television service is known as AFN, the American Forces
Network. AFN features the best of American television. Additional
television programming is available on the "NewSports" and
"Spectrum" services. NewSports is an alternative channel and
provides a combination of timely news, sports and information
programming. SyTech’s efforts include program scheduling (traffic
and continuity), doing live spot insertion, off-lining and archiving
satellite programming, and board operation. SyTech uses
state-of-the-art television production equipment including digital
video servers and production switchers.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS
- SyTech
is designing a new fiber optics system for the main trunk cable
plant of aircraft carriers. Additionally, higher bandwidths, up to
1000 MHz will be incorporated.
Intelligence Collection Satellite UP & Down
Link Facility: SyTech operates a
full transmit and receive Ku Band earth station. This satellite
earth station provides full support for the collection of electronic
intelligence for US Law Enforcement and national intelligence
agencies.
View Satellite and Video Intelligence
Collection System Capabilities: This section provides details of the
satellite collection system. Information is available to only
authorized law enforcement and national intelligence personnel.
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