WASHINGTON (WiMAX Day). LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, announced that the US Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has chosen Alcatel-Lucent’s WiMAX wireless broadband technology. Alcatel-Lucent will provide DISA with a turn-key WiMAX network that supports the IEEE 802.16e standard. The network will consist of a base station, access controller, and an operation and maintenance centre.

DISA is an agency of the US government that provides net-centric solutions for combat and national defense. Alcatel-Lucent was selected after a technical and interoperability analysis under the DISA Tactical Service Providers (TSP) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD). According to a press statement, the JCTD demonstrates “potential war fighting applications and the usefulness of a hybrid communications architecture that uses emerging standards-based, COTS (commercial off-the-shelf), satellite communications and wireless technology to extend global, wideband communications and services in a mobile tactical environment.”

The Alcatel-Lucent WiMAX network will be used to provide “live demonstrations in the field and over-the-air transmission verification of further interoperability testing to validate the equipment capabilities and any unforeseen limitations.”