How the Super Bowl Will Reach US Submarines

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 3, 2013 @07:12AM from the davey-jones'-locker-room dept.

Velcroman1 writes "Ever wonder how troops serving abroad in remote locations and even underwater might get to watch the Super Bowl? The very same highly advanced technology used to pass classified drone video feeds will be deployed this Sunday to ensure U.S. troops can see the Super Bowl — - no matter how far away from home they are. The broadcast is the result of a unique media, government and technology partnership with the American Forces Radio and Television Service, Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force. The Global Broadcast Service (GBS) may be normally used to disseminate video, images and other data, but major sporting events have been broadcast over it as well. The system will be 'as small as a laptop, and [equipment] the size of a shoebox and umbrella' yet 'in other places will be projected onto large screens in hangers' like aircraft carriers out at sea, explained Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems' chief innovation officer Mark Bigham."

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FARTS by petteyg359 · 2013-02-03 07:18 · Score: 3, Funny

Ought to rename it Forces of America Radio and Televsion Service.
1. Re:FARTS by craigminah · 2013-02-03 07:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Or...in your honor, they should name it Superbowl Transmission For U-boats (STFU)
Sounds like a movie plot by hey · 2013-02-03 07:23 · Score: 3, Funny

All the military guys and resources are busy with the game. Time for the surprise attack.
How very dare you! by Hognoxious · 2013-02-03 09:24 · Score: 3, Funny

That's a ridiculous assumption based on no evidence at all.
The soldier was his boyfriend until he ran off with a football player.

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Re:Ever Wonder? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-03 10:12 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't think the Navy likes sunk costs...