Category Archives: Comms

OTTO Announces the Launch of the First Tactical Spatial Audio Solution for the Dismounted Warfighter at SOF Week 2023

OTTO Announces the Launch of the First Tactical Spatial Audio Solution for the Dismounted Warfighter at SOF Week 2023 Push-to-talk (PTT) switch provides game-changing multi-talker communication capabilities for high-stress combat environments. Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. (May 8, 2023) OTTO … Continue reading

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GA-ASI Flight Tests LEO SATCOM on MQ-9A

GA-ASI FLIGHT TESTS LEO SATCOM ON MQ-9A Capability Provides Global Coverage That Enables Operations Anywhere in the World SAN DIEGO – 02 February 2023 – On Dec. 22, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the Air National Guard … Continue reading

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ODU System Solutions for High End Dismounted Soldier Systems (DSS)

ODU System Solutions for High End Dismounted Soldier Systems (DSS) We combine several individual parts into a composite whole and refer to this as a system. Similar to a chain, a system is only as strong as the weakest link. … Continue reading

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GA-ASI Demonstrates Network Relay Using Laser Communications

GA-ASI DEMONSTRATES NETWORK RELAY USING LASER COMMUNICATIONS SAN DIEGO – 01 December 2022 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) completed a fully-networked demonstration using multiple Laser Communication terminals. The network included ground, mobile and airborne terminals. During the demonstration, a … Continue reading

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Raytheon Blackbird Technologies Releases NexGenTrac Watch and NexGen Global SIM

DULLES, Va., (August 16, 2022) – Raytheon Blackbird Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, announced the release of NexGenTrac, or NGT, Watch and NexGen Global SIM, a wearable device and global data service that provides situational awareness and secure communications. … Continue reading

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Solutions for mobile command posts

Robust, fast, and scalable solution for mobile command posts Today’s global security challenges are subject to fundamentally new frameworks. The emergence of new risks and threats, as well as their management, continue to affect the global political security situation. Military … Continue reading

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Introducing the TNVC COMMS Program

The TNVC-DISCO32 DISCUS is a TNVC Exclusive Tan 499 version only available at TNVC.  DISCUS is an exciting new product from DISCO32. DISCUS can be used independently as a single source for communication via the cellular network and can also … Continue reading

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Northrop Grumman Announces Successful Laser Communication Demonstration for Tranche 1 Transport Layer Prototype Constellation

Northrop Grumman teamed with Mynaric and Innoflight to bring the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) vision of a secure, proliferated low-Earth orbit (LEO) mesh communication network closer to reality Space June 14, 2022 REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – June 14, 2022 – … Continue reading

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Barrett Releases New Range of Automatic HF Antenna Tuning Units

Barrett Releases New Range of Automatic HF Antenna Tuning Units Barrett Communications is pleased to announce the release of its new range of Automatic HF Antenna Tuners (ATUs). The 4045 Automatic HF Antenna Tuner, the 4049 Automatic Tuning Mobile HF … Continue reading

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Situational awareness (SA) through secure data transmission

Situational awareness (SA) through secure data transmission Recognizing and recording environmental conditions and situational snapshots – and translating them into actions – can reduce risks for personnel, machines, and infrastructure. In many areas, security forces need to operate efficiently and … Continue reading

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Blue Tiger Wins CES 2022 Innovation Award for World’s First Solar-Powered Bluetooth Headset

View this email in your browser BLUE TIGER WINS CES 2022 INNOVATION AWARD FOR WORLD’S FIRST SOLAR-POWERED BLUETOOTH HEADSET Solare Solar-Powered Headset Provides Continuous Hands-free Driving Communications for Truckers, Professional Drivers, & Commuters Solare Harvests Light from Any Source – … Continue reading

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Partner with VNL and offer your customers LTE/4G Network in One Box (NiOB) based secure & reliable communication

Partner with VNL and offer your customers LTE/4G Network in One Box (NiOB) based secure & reliable communications We are VNL, a communications infrastructure company from India, leading innovation in design, development and manufacture of LTE/4G Network in One Box … Continue reading

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Rafael unveils BNET NANO Software Defined Radio

Rafael unveils BNET NANO Software Defined Radio The new palm-sized form factor shares the same technological advancements of the BNET family that include scalability, multi-channel reception, spectrum superiority, and more Tel Aviv, October 4, 2021 – Rafael Advanced Defense Systems … Continue reading

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Barrett continues to support US National Security Programs

Barrett continues to support US National Security Programs Perth, Western Australia, 2 August 2021 – Barrett Communications USA Corp. has secured a number of new contracts and continues to work with a growing number US Government Agencies. These new contracts … Continue reading

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Barrett Releases the 4020 HF Radio Mailbox

Barrett Releases the 4020 HF Radio Mailbox Based on the success of Barrett’s 2020 HF Fax and Data System, used worldwide for the past 15 years, the new 4020 HF Radio Mailbox utilises new technologies to deliver seamless IMAP synchronised … Continue reading

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RAFAEL’s BNET SDR communication selected by Asian air force

VP Yoav Wermuth, head of Rafael’s C3I directorate: “This new contract strengthens our position as a major supplier of aerial communication systems” Tel Aviv, June 15, 2021 – Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has been selected by an Asian air force … Continue reading

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Barrett awarded contracts in support of global Peacekeeping operations and civil infrastructure systems for Chile and India

Barrett awarded contracts in support of global Peacekeeping operations and civil infrastructure systems for Chile and IndiaPerth, Western Australia, 31 May 2021 –Barrett Communications are pleased to announce multiple new contracts for High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) … Continue reading

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ENAIRE AND INDRA WILL LAUNCH A CONSTELLATION OF SATELLITES INTO ORBIT TO IMPROVE AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

ENAIRE AND INDRA WILL LAUNCH A CONSTELLATION OF SATELLITES INTO ORBIT TO IMPROVE AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT · They both have formed a company, Startical, with the objective of deploying a constellation of small satellites that will enable surveillance and communication … Continue reading

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Tactical Hearing Protection Kit for Law Enforcement

INVISIO Law Enforcement Kit INVISIO T5 Over-the-Ear Headset Hearing Protection 24 dB SNR Boom Microphone 1 Meter Submersible Dual Sided 360 Grams Tan or black INVISIO X5 In-Ear Headset Hearing Protection (32 dB SNR/29 dB NRR) Bone Conduction Microphone 2 … Continue reading

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Barrett Releases 4050 Control Handset

Barrett Communications is pleased to announce the release of the 4050 Control Handset, a further enhancement to the versatility of the Barrett 4050 HF SDR Transceiver.The Barrett 4050 Control Handset combines smartphone-style ease-of-use with the touchscreen intuitiveness that users of … Continue reading

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Safariland Debuts New Liberator Single and Dual-Channel Communication Headsets

March 4, 2021 Safariland Debuts New Liberator Single and Dual-Channel Communication Headsets Safariland®, a brand of The Safariland Group, a leading global provider of safety products designed for the public safety, military, professional and outdoor markets, is excited to announce … Continue reading

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Rafael wins U.S. power company contract for EMP-protected radio

Commercial installation of a BNET radio – the world’s first commercially available EMP-protected radio for “Black Sky” hazards TEL AVIV, February 24, 2021 – A leading U.S. power company has installed a U.S. FCC-certified version of Rafael’s world-class EMP-protected BNET … Continue reading

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Rafael demonstrates advanced Tactical Radio and Sensor-to-Shooter capabilities to German Army The demo completes stage two of the Transparent Battlefield study

Tel Aviv, January 14, 2021 – Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. announces that it has completed the second phase of Germany’s Transparent Battlefield study and performed a demonstration of its BNET advanced SDR communication and its Fire Weaver sensor to … Continue reading

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Rafael awarded $200 million contract for SPICE air-surface systems, Spike tactical missiles and Bnet communication

Tel Aviv, December 23, 2020 – Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. announces that it has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide an Asian country with SPICE 2000 air-to-surface systems, Spike ATGMs, tactical, electro-optically guided missiles, and advanced communication … Continue reading

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AeroVironment Introduces Extended Range Antenna (ERA), Expanding UAS Command and Control up to 40 Kilometers in a Lightweight, Portable Form Factor

AeroVironment Introduces Extended Range Antenna (ERA), Expanding UAS Command and Control up to 40 Kilometers in a Lightweight, Portable Form Factor  Cost-effective optional antenna array kit designed to integrate seamlessly with AeroVironment’s standard RF head antenna  Provides operators 100 percent … Continue reading

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Viasat, AeroVironment Team to Develop Enhanced Type 1 Encrypted Communications Capabilities for U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems

CARLSBAD, Calif. and SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 15, 2020 — Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced they will collaborate on a contract awarded … Continue reading

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Barrett Communications – C4 EDGE Communications Program

Barrett Communications is one of sixteen Australian companies who have joined Team C4 EDGE (Evolutionary Digital Ground Environment), to scope the development of a sovereign land battlegroup and below communications environment for the Australian Army. The program will leverage internationally … Continue reading

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Discount for JetWave Military Satcom

Connecting your mission has never been more important.  At a time when military operators are being called upon to support a vast and diverse range of mission profiles, being able to rely on fast, secure and consistent satellite communications is … Continue reading

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Blue Sky Network Launches First Secure Docking Station for Iridium 9575A Satellite Phone to Government Markets

SAN DIEGO — Tuesday, July 14, 2020. — Blue Sky Network, an Iridium Satellite Communications partner, has officially announced the release of the 9575A Docking Station, the first and only secure docking station for the Iridium 9575A satellite phone. The … Continue reading

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Be heard on the job. Trust the Silynx U94 PTT.

Silynx is making it even easier to be heard on the job by offering its best-in-class single-com U94 PTT system for $150. A big deal, at the right time. Equip yourself or your team with no minimum and no maximum. … Continue reading

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Foam Tip Giveaway

To Our Valued Customers: In the interest of your health and hygiene, we want to make sure that you are changing out your foam tips every 3-4 weeks. To support this, during the COVID-19 crisis we are offering 5-pairs of … Continue reading

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INDRA STRENGTHENS THE SPANISH AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM

· The company will modernize and strengthen the encryption of the IFF (identification, friend or foe) systems to adapt them to the new NATO standards · These are systems with the capability to interrogate and identify an aircraft in flight … Continue reading

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Barrett delivers first Made in the USA order

Perth, Western Australia – Monday 11th May 2020 – Barrett Communications USA Corp deliver their first order of US manufactured Barrett 4050 HF SDR transceivers. The Barrett 4050 HF SDR is the first of the Barrett 4000 series products to … Continue reading

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Atos and RAFAEL win the German Army’s “Glass Battlefield” study tender

Atos GmbH, as prime, has teamed up with RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems and various partners, to demonstrate use of UAS in conjunction with combat vehicles, to achieve a real-time, three-dimensional, dynamic situation picture for mobile operations Tel Aviv, December 9, … Continue reading

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Barrett 4050 receives NTIA certification

  Perth, Western Australia, 25th November 2019 – Barrett Communications is pleased to announce the recent certification and approval from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The approval incorporates the Barrett 4050 HF Transceiver System and Components. This approval … Continue reading

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Barrett awarded contract for a US funded communication project in Egypt

  Barrett Communications have recently delivered equipment as part of a United States funded program into Egypt. The contract was to supply High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) radio communications equipment.The project is split over multiple phases and … Continue reading

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Combat Proven Technologies Launches Datalinks M2DLS at MILCOM

  November 11,  2019 – Combat Proven Technologies (CP Tech) will launch the Mini Micro Data Link System (M2DLS) at the upcoming 2019 MILCOM conference. The M2DLS is an advanced single unit digital data link system specifically designed for micro … Continue reading

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Barrett Secures Canadian DND contract

  Perth, Western Australia, 6 November 2019 – Barrett Communications have recently been awarded a multiyear contract to supply the Canadian National Defence Department (DND) with Very High Frequency (VHF) radio communications equipment. This new contract follows on from the … Continue reading

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Understanding the difference between SDR and HDR

There’s been a lot of excitement around the recent proliferation of software-defined radios. For those in the industry more familiar with traditional radios, this shift to SDR might be a big change, while for others it might be a welcome … Continue reading

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Communications upgrade to First Responders in Chile

  Barrett Communications have recently supplied a contract to the Urgent Medical Attention Service in Chile, to strengthen and secure communications between hospitals and ambulances in the Aysen region. In December 2017, the town of Villa Santa Lucia in Patagonia, … Continue reading

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