Linking Under the Sea to the Surface, Land, Air and Space

A submarine’s underwater environment, platform stealth and historic mission requirements have characteristically limited the submarine to independent operations. Contemporary national security interests and the recognized force multiplier enabled by network-centric operations have required the submarine to be fully interoperable with joint and coalition forces.

The U.S. Navy submarine force has set a course to meet these requirements by fielding a Communications at Speed and Depth (CSD) capability. In response, Raytheon developed the Deep Siren Tactical Paging (DSTP) system. DSTP addresses the most significant capability shortfall in communicating to submarines today by providing the ability for an operational commander to contact a submarine in real-time, regardless of the submarine’s speed or depth.