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Mutualink Achieves Milestone Communications Advances during Department of Defense Exercise
At this year’s SOFIC Conference, in Tampa, Fl, I had the opportunity to receive a comprehensive overview of Mutualink’s interoperability technology. It was exceptional from both it’s interoperability as well as its dynamic reconfiguration and security. I think the … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics
Tagged JUICE 2014, Mutualink, SOFIC
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Silynex Introduces Clarus and Maximus Tactical Comms and Hearing Protection System.
Silynx Communications will announce the launch of two new in-ear tactical headset systems – the Silynx Clarus™ and the Silynx Maximus™. The announcement of these advanced systems will be made next week, 21-23 October, at AUSA 2013 in Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics, Gear
Tagged Clarus, hearing, Maximus, protection, Silynex
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iPhone Approved For Military Networks Connectivity.
Last Friday, 17-May-2013, the DoD announced that DoD issued iPhones are approved for use on military networks. The approval comes from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for all DoD issued iPhones and iPads using the iOS6 operating system. … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Cyber, Electronics
Tagged communications, DISA, DOD, iPad, iPhone, networks
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Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons (EMP) Are Closer Than You Think.
Long a favorite of Hollywood screen writers and movie makers is the energy weapon. These devices, referred to in the trade as EMPs or Electromagnetic Pulse weapons, are much closer to production than you think. All of the major economies … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Countermeasures, Electronics
Tagged Boeing, electromagnetic, EMP, Netline, pulse, weapons
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Ceradyne’s MOHAWK Combat Helmet
Ceradyne first debuted its revolutionary MOHAWK combat helmet at the 2011 AUSA Conference in Washington, D.C.. It was in prototype form at the time. At this year’s AUSA, attendees will see the production model. MOHAWK is the product of a collaborative effort between … Continue reading
Posted in Ballistic Protection, Comms, Power, Soldier Systems
Tagged AUSA, Ceradyne, Force4, Sal Palma, Wilcox
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New iPhone Coming Your Way!
Apple is basking in success with the introduction of the iPhone and iPad. The unschooled accredit this “2nd coming ” of technology to Apple and Steve Jobs. The reality is that exporting network intelligence to end-user devices has been around for quite some time. … Continue reading
SRW on Falcon III AN/PRC-117G
SRW or Soldier Radio Waveform is a byproduct of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) initiative. SRW runs under software control on a software definable radio or SDR. SRW is a wide-band communications architecture providing concurrent voice and data communications along … Continue reading
Abundance Of Jamming Equipment At Eurosatory
One thing is evident, and that is that jamming equipment is very much in vogue; with a variety of portable jammers now available to both the large Army and SOF. This is great because it helps to deny cellular and … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics, Eurosatory
Tagged 3G, 4G, cell phones, EW, jammers, jamming, wireless
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Harris Communications Will Be Supplying Falcon III Radios To USSOCOM.
As part of CERP, Capital Equipment Replacement Program, USSOCOM has awarded Harris Communications a $400 million IDIQ contract for delivery of its Falcon III family of radios. The FALCON III family provides USSOCOM with a networkable and integrated communications platform consisting … Continue reading
USSOCOM Is Looking For New Radios.
The USSOCOM’s CAR (Capital Equipment Replacement) Program was implemented to finance a series of tactical and strategic acquisitions. Towards the top of that list is communications. As USSOCOM is increasingly tasked with spearheading the low intensity asymmetric effort, their reliance … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics, ISR
Tagged AN/PRC-154, AN/PRC-155, FALCON, General Dynamics, HARRIS, LTRS, soldier, waveform
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SOF Get New Wireless Appliance – RTHD-2 from VT Miltope
Just when you thought life couldn’t get better, technology steps in shattering the illusion. VT Miltope’s RTHD-2 is a ruggedized handheld computer that obviates a need for a smartphone. It is a, first of its kind, wireless appliance integrating a … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics, ISR, Nav Aids
Tagged 3G, 4G, RTHD-2, VT Miltope
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Thales Adds GeoMux To Its SDR Software Library
Readers will recall my series of articles, posted early in 2011, providing a high level overview of the technology supporting the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program. It was then that I introduced the concept of the software definable radio … Continue reading
Is JTRS Dead? NO!
There’s a great deal of discussion about JTRS’ well-being, or better said life expectancy. I think we need to take a step back and look at JTRS as a requirement and not a specific product. The U.S. Army, and in … Continue reading
BAE Systems Introduces A Wearable Antenna
The days of the whip antenna may soon be gone, and not too soon for me! In my days gone by as an 11B – this is the 11B that spent more time walking than riding – the biggest pain in the … Continue reading
Harris Corporation Introduces the Falcon III® RF-7800N-CP Mobile Computing Platform
DSEi 2011 – Harris Corporation of Melbourne, Fl, introduced a powerful, rugged and compact mobile server. The Falcon III® RF-7800N-CP delivers the in-the-field computing platform to support mission-critical military and public safety communications and multimedia applications. The RF-7800N-CP opens the door to … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, DSEi 2011, Electronics, Uncategorized
Tagged DSEi, DSEi 2011, FALCON, HARRIS
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Elbit Systems Launches a Family of Multimedia Routing Solutions for Tactical Radio Networks at DSEi 2011
There is a great deal of interest in advancing the netcentric battlefield; however, relatively little attention has been given to the infrastructure that supports multi-IP and multimedia applications. It seemed that planners lacked a clear understanding of bandwidth requirements and performance metrics, … Continue reading
BlackBerry® PlayBook® Awarded FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – July 21, 2011) – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) announced today that it has received FIPS 140-2 certification for the new BlackBerry(R) PlayBook(TM) tablet, making the BlackBerry PlayBook the first tablet certified for deployment within U.S. federal … Continue reading
Cobham Announces Multi Sector Antenna
For the Old Crows, Cobham, a UK Defense Technology firm, announced that it now offers a multi sector antenna. This is great news for a number of reasons but the most significant one is the looming death of the … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics
Tagged antenna, Cobham, communications
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US Army’s AH-64D Apache Avionics Integration Program Gets JTRS
Lockheed Martin delivered the first secure joint tactical radio to US Army’s AH-64D Apache Avionics Integration Lab. The airborne, maritime / fixed station joint tactical Radio System, or AMF-JTRS as it is called, is a two channel radio running the Link … Continue reading
SOFIC 2011 – Communicate
In my last SOFIC 2011 post, I touched on the “Understand” component of Adm. Olson’s vision for USSOCOM post Geronimo EKIA. It is at the heart of everything that USSOCOM does but more importantly it is key to meeting our military and … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics, ISR, Nav Aids, Soldier Systems
Tagged C4ISR, DOMINATOR, Elbit, ISR, SOFIC
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Reader Question (JTRS) – Could You Explain What IPv6 is?
Devices that connect to the Internet or wide area networks require a unique address, very similar to your mailing address at home. Under the current IP or Internet Protocol standard, version 4 or IPv4, there are not sufficient addresses to … Continue reading
Posted in Comms
Tagged IPv4, IPv6, JTRS, net-centric
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Wrapping Up JTRS
Boeing’s GMR At the heart of the JTRS project is the concept of a software definable radio or SDR. The SDR is a hardware form much like your laptop; consisting of a processor or processors with its supporting circuitry – like memory, codecs, … Continue reading
JTRS – Continued
In my opening article I wrote briefly about modulation to include FM (Frequency Modulation) and AM (Amplitude Modulation). I also discussed PCM (Pulse Code Modulation), which is in the digital domain. Virtually all modern military communications equipment operate in the … Continue reading
Reader Question Re: JTRS – What is a Software Definable Radio?
This is jumping the gun as I’m still developing the JTRS articles, so hang with me as we develop this relatively complex technology and synthesize it into something that is digestible by a non-technical reader. The Joint Services presently own … Continue reading
Posted in Comms
Tagged communications, JTRS, radio
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JTRS – Joint Tactical Radio System An Overview.
This post kicks off my JTRS project. My objective is to give the reader a 50,000 ft. MSL view of an emerging communications technology and the role it plays in the netcentric battlefield. The concept of a software defined radio is hardly … Continue reading
Things To Come…
A few months ago I talked about doing some work on JTRS and the netcentric concept. I became interested in the subject because I am an X-ELINT type and want to gain a better than casual understanding of the technology. More importantly, understanding the … Continue reading
Posted in Comms, Electronics, Uncategorized, Weapon systems
Tagged Horus, JTRS
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JTRS Project
I spent a large part of my military career conducting SIGINT and COMINT and there’s probably not much in the r.f. spectrum through Ku band that eludes me; I also have a thorough understanding of the IP stack and routing. A few … Continue reading
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