General Dynamics has successfully streamed video between two tactical antennas 62 miles apart.
The demonstration occurred April 20 during the Marine Corps-sponsored Ship-to-Shore Maneuver, Exploration and Experimentation Task Force Demonstration at Camp Pendleton, California.
"Dubbed the 'Long Shot,' the purpose of the internally funded research and development project was to show the viability of a 4G tactical network capable of providing broadband communications over the ocean in a satellite-denied or -degraded environment," according to a General Dynamics news release.
"The demonstration involved a streaming video transmission 62 miles from an antenna mounted on a mobile tower on San Clemente Island (representing an aerostat deployment from a ship at sea or within a sea base) to a tactically deployed antenna at Red Beach," General Dynamics said. "The "Long Shot" capability doubles the distance of existing legacy line of sight communications while simultaneously providing increased bandwidth for streaming video. This allows naval task forces to position sea bases over the horizon, thus limiting line of sight targeting options of potential adversaries during a conflict."
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