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Army Will Use Commercial Services And SDA’s Transport Layer To Support Tactical Space Layer

Army Will Use Commercial Services And SDA’s Transport Layer To Support Tactical Space Layer
Soldiers with the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team observe an impact zone from a forward observation point during Dynamic Front 2019 in Torun, Poland, March 5, 2019. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army plans to utilize commercial services and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future transport layer to support data transport needs for the service’s future Tactical Space Layer, a lead official said Thursday. “The best answer is we plan to use both. It’s not different from how we use satellite communications today,” Willie Nelson, director of the Army’s Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)/Space Cross-Functional Team (CFT), said during a C4ISRNET discussion. “Clearly, going forward, there needs to be a…

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