At the recent ISR conference in London, Koen Willems, Product Marketing Manager at Newtec, presented his view on the challenges and solutions the satcom market has to offer for some government and defense applications: UAS, Manned Aircrafts and National Security,

1. Be Ready for More Data
Meeting The Challenges Posed by ISR
Koen Willems - 18/04/12

2. Newtec @ A Glance
• Global player, HQ in Belgium, Europe
• 8 Branch Offices Worldwide
• Global Support, Supply Chain & Reach
• 27 years Product Leadership in Satellite
Communications ground equipment industry.
• Recognised market leader in
• DVB Satellite Broadcasting
• High Speed IP Trunking
• Government & Defence
• Consumer Internet Access
• Scada
• Privileged Relation to ESA since 1985

3. How to Squeeze an Elephant in an Elevator
(In Less than 40 Minutes)
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4. Satcom Market Evolution
Convergence
Multi-service Different Services
video, data &
voice
Different towards
Expectations/SLAs IP/Ethernet
Growing Rates
Interoperability Budget Cuts

5. UAS and Manned Aircrafts
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6. Manned Planes & UAV Applications
Fukushima Haiti Border Control Maritime
Convoy Protection ISR Environmental Infrastructure
… and many more
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7. Trend 1: Growing Demand for Bandwidth
Global GMSC Units by Market, 2009-2019 Global GMSC TPE Demand by Market, 2009-2019
1,200,000 800
Narrowband MSS UAVs Fixed VSAT COTP
Aeronautical Land Maritime Land
1,000,000 Maritime COTP Aeronautical UAVs
Fixed VSAT Bulk Leasing
600
800,000
36 MHz TPEs
Units
600,000 400
400,000
200
200,000
0 0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Source : NSR Source : NSR
• From 1.000 UAV units (2010) to 3.000+ (2019)
• 50 units UAVs airborne every second 24/7
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8. Trend 2: Growing Rates over Satellite
Small-Scale Missions Kids or Foes on Roadside?
Future
+40-500 Mbit/s
rates support
(Gorgon Stare)
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9. Trend 3: Growing Awareness for Cost
• Global Hawk: 60-70M USD (all-in)
• MQ-Reaper: 14M USD/UAV (all-in)
• MQ-1B Predator: 5M USD/UAV (all-in)
• MC-12: 17M USD/Aircraft (all-in)
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10. Satellite in BLoS Networks
LoS BLoS
150 nm or 280 km
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11. Challenges for BLoS
Ku-, Ka-, X-band, HTS Satellites
Interference Fading & Blocking
Inclined Orbit Interoperability Delay QoS
Satellite
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12. “Market Leader in Video & Data over Satellite”
Ku-, Ka-, X-band, HTS and
Inclined Orbit Satellites
Command &
Control Room
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13. “Double Data Throughput in Same Bandwidth”
0,5-1 dB
Legacy
required FlexACM
link +100% more
margin Throughput
Command & Control Center
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14. “Kings of Inclined Orbit Operation”
Inclined Orbit Satellite
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Throughput
Zero Margin
FlexACM Adaptive
Modulation
Legacy modulation (Worst Case Scenario)
06:00 12:00 18:00 00:00 06:00 12:00 Time
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15. “Data & Video Relay Optimization”
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16. “Deployed, Tested and Approved”
Convair 580 C-12
Use Case (Border Patrol): Use Case (ISR):
• Newtec modems in hub & planes • Newtec modems in hub & planes
• Configuration for BLoS over X-band • Inclined Orbit Satellite
• Point-to-Point • Configuration for BLoS over X-band
• 16APSK 5 Mbaud • Point-to-Point
• Up to 10 Mbps • Average 10 Mbps
• FlexACM included • Up to 16 Mbps
• FlexACM included
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17. “Deployed, Tested and Approved”
BLoS Use Case (ISR):
EuroHawk
• Newtec Optimization SW hub & UAV
• Resolve Delay & Increase Efficiency
• Newtec IP Acceleration & Compression
• Newtec IP Shaping
• QoS
• Priority
LoS
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18. “Reverse Trunking”
Data from Afghanistan to CONUS PtMP
for further processing
EL470 FlexACM Modem
CONUS
EL470 FlexACM Modem
PtP
EL470 FlexACM Modem
Elevation Hub EL470 FlexACM Modem
Afghanistan
EL470 FlexACM Modem
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19. National Security
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20. Best COTS Receivers in the Market
Fit for Data Gathering
Richest variety of Modcods, Rates, Encapsulation etc.
Maintaining Integrity of Original Content
Keeping OPEX Under Control
No PID Filtering nor MAC-Address Filtering
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21. National Security
Bank with Newtec Demodulators Data Processing
• Raw data remains untouched & original transport streams are not modified
• Possible to switch off PID Filtering & Data handling in Newtec demods
• No filtering of MAC-addresses
• All 8192 possible PIDs are transparently passed through
• Complete carriers can be demodulated with raw baseband data output
• Maintaining integrity of original content for further processing
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22. Conclusion
• Newtec has a track record in Government & Defence
applications worldwide
– Airborne
– Fixed Communications & MWR
– Intelligence
• Roots in video and high speed IP over satellite
• Main focus on Efficiency
• DVB-S2 COTS satcom equipment and software
• Be Ready for More Data
• FlexACM allows OPEX Savings or allows to do more within the
same bandwidth
• Fit for Inclined Orbit Satellite Operations or satellite links
suffering from fading/interference
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23. Documentation & Info
Go to Newtec Website: www.newtec.eu
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24. Questions?
Please, contact your Local Account Mgr.
Or contact our Government & Defence Team
Fred Kelly (North-America) fkel@newtec.eu
Stephan Heirbrant (Europe) shei@newtec.eu
Koen Willems (Market Strategy) kwil@newtec.eu
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