Hughes Announces Research and Development Agreement With DISA

Hughes Network Systems LLC has announced a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to study network-centric enterprise architecture validation of Internet protocol networking with the Regenerative Satellite Mesh standard and the SPACEWAY 3 system. Under this CRADA, Hughes and DISA will perform research and development that supports overall Internet protocol convergence as the basis for seamlessly integrating U.S. Defense Department satellite communications networking and information needs with the Global Information Grid.