In this proposal, we describe an innovative freespace optical (FSO) solution to provide a robust wireless, high-data rate 100Mbps digital Ethernet bus architecture for the E-2C Hawkeye carrier-based tactical airborne warning and control system platform Intercommunications System (ICS). Our approach leverages on current work we are conducting on development of mobile access to computing and visual display systems for Air Force Information Operations (IO) and Command and Control (C2) environments . The architecture is based on extensions to the IrDA and/or IEEE 802.11 standards and will be fully compliant with the Joint Tactical Architecture Version 4.0 and the Joint Tactical Radio System development
