Air Technology Network
ATN
The Air Technology Network (ATN), is an interactive television (ITV) network that consists of one-way video uplinks reaching receive-only downlinks but with two-way audio interaction. ATN uses compressed digital video (CDV), which greatly reduces the cost of transmission, but provides high quality, full motion video. ATN now reaches classrooms across 76 AF bases within the US (including Alaska and Hawaii) and 10 locations in Europe, with education & training programs broadcast from uplinks at Wright-Patterson (the first uplink on ATN), Maxwell, Sheppard, and Keesler AFBs. The connection to Europe is being made through the Joint Broadcast Service with a gateway uplink at the Pentagon. Since its development in 1991, ATN has been used to provide continuing education & training to over 32,000 students. The network is managed by the ATN Program Management Office, which is co-located at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The PMO coordinates the broadcast schedule for all the users and oversees the technical operation & development of the network. The PMO is a division of the A4/6 located at Maxwell AFB.
ATN is fully compatible with the Air National Guard's Warrior Network and the Army's Satellite Education Network. These DOD networks are part of the larger federal government system, the Government Education and Training Network (GETN), which ATN pioneered. GETN is a network of networks operated by a consortium of 17 federal agencies. With over 8000 scheduled hours of broadcasting this year (3,500 from ATN alone), from 14 uplinks reaching out to over 1,100 receive sites, GETN offers high-quality, low-cost ITV with virtually limitless distribution capability within the US today and overseas.
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