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The AN/TTC-56 is a mobile packet switch developed by the U.S. Army. It is a hybrid of a digital circuit switch, a commercial Internet Protocol Cisco 7206 router, digital multiplexer, security and network management equipment. It provides most of the functionality of the AN/TTC-39D[1], with more advanced data networking, in a smaller and easier-to-deploy package. The newer AN/TTC-56 (V)3 is part of the Area Common User System Modernization (ACUS-Mod), which also upgrades the AN/TTC-39 and Mobile Subscriber Equipment and other communications systems, as a replacement for the former WIN-T and JNN architecture.[2]

Packaging

It is housed in a S-788/G Lightweight Multi-Purpose Shelter, which, along with its power supplies, can be towed by two High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), rather than the 5-ton trucks required by the AN/TTC-39. One AN/TSM-210 Electronic Shop is provided with each Single Shelter Switch (SSS).

The initial AN/TTC-56 (V)1 has less capacity than the AN/TTC-39, but can be carried by intratheater C-130 Hercules transport aircraft rather than requiring larger aircrft. [3]

References

  1. U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, Tactical Switching Systems
  2. Department of the Army (January 16, 2008), Procurement Programs, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Estimates, Other Procurement, Army: Communications and Electronics Budget Activity 2
  3. Robert K. Ackerman (April 2000), "Tactical Signalers Learn to Pack Light, Travel Right", Signal