Hughes Network Systems signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to study network centric enterprise architecture validation of IP networking with the Regenerative Satellite Mesh (RSM-A) standard and the Spaceway 3 system, Hughes announced.
    Under the agreement, Hughes and DISA will perform research and development that supports overall IP convergence as the basis for integrating U.S. Department of Defense satellite communications networking and information needs with the global information grid.
    Spaceway 3, manufactured by Boeing, began operations in April and employs on-board traffic switching and routing capability to provide next-generation broadband services.