High speed lasercomm data transfer in Seahawk 2007 exercise

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) established a one-way Gigabit Ethernet lasercomm link during the Seahawk exercise in August, 2007 to transfer data ~8 miles across the inlet of San Diego Bay from Point Loma to the Imperial Beach base camp. The data transferred over the link was from an NRL developed, wide field of view (90 degrees), high resolution, mid-wave infrared camera operating at 30 frames per second. Details of the high speed link will be presented as well as packet error rate data and atmospheric propagation data taken during the two week long exercise.