In a recent exercise with the U.S. Army, Raytheon Company achieved an industry-first wireless transmission of its lightweight High Capacity Beyond Line-of-Sight troposcatter system.

The Ku -and HC BLOS system delivers voice, video, and data via troposcatter, transmitting radio waves over the curvature of the Earth without using satellites. It can establish a high-capacity data link — up to 40 megabytes per second — for up to 120 miles. In the demo, the system successfully provided long-range network connections to several different wireless technologies. The system used Raytheon's Enhanced Position Location Reporting System to stream real-time video more than 30 miles between Forts Monmouth and Dix, New Jersey. Additional wireless networks provided full voice, video and data capabilities between Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) base stations and also provided portable Internet access between Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) nodes. This milestone comes on the heels of the first-ever delivery of the HC BLOS. Under a $2.2 million contract, Raytheon is providing two HC BLOS terminals and training to the Canadian Forces.