Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL): Requirements and Progress

James Fong

Abstract:	The U.S. Armed Forces currently do not possess a capability to provide survivors/evaders with an over-the- horizon (OTH) geopositioning and communications device to aid in combat search and rescue (CSAR) operations. The current line of sight (LOS) radios provide limited direction finding and vulnerable voice communications for CSAR forces and do not allow them to rapidly and accurately locate, identify, authenticate, and respond to distressed personnel in hostile territory. The U.S. Air Force was tasked as the lead service to identify requirements drawn from all branches of the Armed Forces for a new generation of CSAR radios. The Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) program was established to validate user requirements for a new survivor/evader system, to investigate the technical feasibility of such a system, and to develop an innovative acquisition strategy that will support the procurement of the system.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1994) September 20 - 23, 1994 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	317 - 325
Cite this article:	Fong, James, "Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL): Requirements and Progress," Proceedings of the 7th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1994), Salt Lake City, UT, September 1994, pp. 317-325.
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