Phorcys Waveform Architecture

A new, UK government owned, secure, multiband, multimode acoustic waveform has been developed under the UK Progeny Maritime Research Framework to address UK RN future needs for secure, flexible and extensible undersea command, control and communications (C2/C3) and networking. This paper describes the Phorcys waveform architecture, reviewing technical drivers and design choices made to align the waveform design with defence end user needs, in terms of security, performance and future capability.