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Homeland Security

Coast Guard Plans Testing Of Proliferated LEO SatCom, Other Capabilities

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 29th, 2024

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Coast Guard Plans Testing Of Proliferated LEO SatCom, Other Capabilities

Eutelsat OneWeb user terminals. Image: Eutel

The Coast Guard this summer plans to assess a proliferated low-Earth orbit (pLEO) satellite system on one of its cutters in the Arctic region for a number of applications such as broadband connectivity, alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), maritime distress communications, and connectivity with unmanned systems. For the upcoming technology assessment aboard the Healy, the Coast Guard’s lone medium polar icebreaker, the service earlier this month said it intends to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)…

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