The SHARK was designed to connect to any IP-based SATCOM terminal as well as any available commercial internet provider (e.g. The SHARK will provide at least eight times the throughput (up to 492Kb/s) of the current INMARSAT M4 (64Kb/s) systems. The SHARK will enable small forward deployed teams the ability to send and receive classified and unclassified information faster than what is currently available, while also enabling simultaneous voice, video and data over a single transport system. Quite simply current tactical communication systems are either too large, too throughput restricted, and don't provide the networking flexibility or power protection needed by SOF in a single system. It can be used to provide a redundant path or back up connectivity once larger follow-on systems arrive. It's compatible with other EoIP systems in testing and early employment phases. The SHARK is intended to be a "first boots on the ground" communications system for small teams. What is it? The Special Operations Forces High-speed Agile Reachback Kit, known as SHARK, is an "everything over IP" system small enough to be carried onto a commercial airliner, yet robust enough to provide unclassified, secret and top-secret voice/video/data using any available IP-based network.
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