BridgeComm has worked to advance the capabilities of the Managed Optical Communications Array (MOCA) technology for application to a broad set of use cases and environments. This advancement includes raising technology readiness level to TRL 6 and above and tailoring developments for a specific sets of applications such as optical intersatellite links, space to airborne communications and vehicular communications on the move. The key elements in the design of the optical terminal will be discussed. The ability to steer the beam through a wide field of regard without the use of mechanical gimbals has been demonstrated and will be presented. That design enables the ability to move the optical beam between multiple elements quickly using time division multiple access (TDMA) techniques and support a multitude of end users with a high data rate, dynamically reconfigurable communications network. Analysis of a specific application environment will be reviewed, and data presented.
The fundamental innovative design of managed optical communications array (MOCA) features some distinct advantages over other lasercomm approaches: (1) MOCA relies on proven, Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies, as opposed to more exotic optical phase array or beam-forming approaches. MOCA has already been demonstrated (2) the MOCA technology array supports a low-profile conformal terminals for low-drag; (3) MOCA eliminates failure-prone gimbals (4) the modular approach allows development dollars to be focused at the shared subaperture level, from which unique platform terminals can be developed at lower cost; and (5) use of commoditized components and elimination of gimbals reduces size, weight, and cost.
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