Information Systems: Royal Australian Navy and the Knowledge...

Under Project SEA 1442 Maritime Communications Modernisation, Joint Project 2043 HF Modernisation and Joint Project 2008 Military Satellite Capability, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has been able to fit all of its Adelaide and Anzac class frigates with a broadband SATCOM capability and constant access to the US Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) constellation. As a result, these platforms receive data at a minimum rate of two Mbps. The Maritime Tactical Wide Area Network put into place under SEA 1442 Phase 3 allows the components of a maritime task group without access to SATCOM to network using UHF LoS and HF Internet Protocol equipment.