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October 06, 2009
Harris Corporation Demonstrates Wideband Tactical Communications Expertise
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Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, demonstrated its ability to link deployed forces and their commanders through wideband battlefield communication networks that enabled real-time exchange of tactical voice, video and other data at Combined Endeavor 2009 (CE-09).
The main objective of Combined Endeavor is to allow nations to develop coalition plans and policies, common tactics and procedures, technical capabilities and familiarity with each other.
Harris provided wideband tactical radios, broadband satellite terminals and other equipment as well as networking support to deliver advanced communications to the soldier level for both line-of-sight and beyond-line-of sight applications.
Some of Harris’ tactical radio systems that supported CE-09 include Falcon III RF-7800M Multiband Networking Radio, the RF-7800S Secure Personal Radio and the RF-7800W High-Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio.
These radios were integrated into various system configurations along with Harris RF-7800B Broadband Global Area Network satellite terminals to form scalable mobile ad-hoc networking communications systems that connected widely dispersed troops.
The Falcon family of software-defined tactical radio systems from Harris encompasses manpack, handheld and vehicular applications. Falcon III is the next-generation of radios supporting network-centric operations worldwide.
In a release, Hal McDougall, vice president and acting general manager, international business unit, Harris RF Communications, said the CE-09 trade show allowed Harris to showcase advanced systems that create flexible battlefield networks in which voice and data are seamlessly exchanged.
Harris’ communications systems gave participants ready access to a range of high-data rate applications over links between commanders and forces in the field, McDougall added.
The demonstration by Harris also involved applications of mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET), the first such attempt in Combined Endeavor.
MANET is an important concept in tactical communications in which radios relay and route voice-and-data traffic themselves. This capability eliminates the need for dedicated switching and routing devices and allows deployed forces to communicate to more personnel, over longer distances, without reliance on standard telecommunications infrastructure.
In another major development, Harris Corporation also demonstrated the exchange of high-bandwidth voice, video and text over a Falcon III AN/PRC-117G radio network using wideband waveforms at the annual Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Meeting and Exposition Oct. 5-7 in Washington, D.C.
The main objective of Combined Endeavor is to allow nations to develop coalition plans and policies, common tactics and procedures, technical capabilities and familiarity with each other.
Harris provided wideband tactical radios, broadband satellite terminals and other equipment as well as networking support to deliver advanced communications to the soldier level for both line-of-sight and beyond-line-of sight applications.
Some of Harris’ tactical radio systems that supported CE-09 include Falcon III RF-7800M Multiband Networking Radio, the RF-7800S Secure Personal Radio and the RF-7800W High-Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio.
These radios were integrated into various system configurations along with Harris RF-7800B Broadband Global Area Network satellite terminals to form scalable mobile ad-hoc networking communications systems that connected widely dispersed troops.
The Falcon family of software-defined tactical radio systems from Harris encompasses manpack, handheld and vehicular applications. Falcon III is the next-generation of radios supporting network-centric operations worldwide.
In a release, Hal McDougall, vice president and acting general manager, international business unit, Harris RF Communications, said the CE-09 trade show allowed Harris to showcase advanced systems that create flexible battlefield networks in which voice and data are seamlessly exchanged.
Harris’ communications systems gave participants ready access to a range of high-data rate applications over links between commanders and forces in the field, McDougall added.
The demonstration by Harris also involved applications of mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET), the first such attempt in Combined Endeavor.
MANET is an important concept in tactical communications in which radios relay and route voice-and-data traffic themselves. This capability eliminates the need for dedicated switching and routing devices and allows deployed forces to communicate to more personnel, over longer distances, without reliance on standard telecommunications infrastructure.
In another major development, Harris Corporation also demonstrated the exchange of high-bandwidth voice, video and text over a Falcon III AN/PRC-117G radio network using wideband waveforms at the annual Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Meeting and Exposition Oct. 5-7 in Washington, D.C.
Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Patrick Barnard