Research to understand the requirements for, and design of architectures for tactical communications systems below microwave frequencies.
Also includes work to evaluate and analyse design of systems working at frequencies from ELF through HF to SHF and EHF.
Also includes work to understand operations, environment and the transmission media.
Also includes work to understand the vulnerability of systems at the RF modulation, coding and protocol level.
Also understand systems management issues in the context of threat and countermeasures.
Also includes work to understand the requirements for tactical and trunk management systems and the interaction at network and systems level.
Also includes work to evaluate and analyse EHF for satellite payloads and ground stations.
Also includes research to understand and optimise long haul communications systems in the context of SATCOM and STRATCOM.
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