JTRS
Army’s New “Smart Radio” May Revolutionize Communications
Armed with Science reports engineers with the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy are working to build a so-called “universal radio” test-bed this year in Fort Monmouth, N.J. They hope to open the gates of “cognitive radio” development to academia, private industry and other Defense Department organizations.
The Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) is creating [...]
Air Force plan to cut its JTRS military radio
Military & Aerospace Electronics’ reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) plan to upgrade military radio communications by injecting software defined radio (SDR) technology into land, sea, and airborne RF transceivers is taking a hit with news that the U.S. Navy and Air Force are seeking to cancel their JTRS [...]
Harris Corporation Delivers 100,000th JTRS AN/PRC-152(C) Handheld Radio
ROCHESTER, NY, September 14, 2009 — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, today is delivering its 100,000th Falcon III® AN/PRC-152(C), a multiband handheld radio that is providing improved secure real-time communication between deployed forces at all levels during combat and crisis.
The software-defined AN/PRC-152(C) is the most widely deployed JTRS-approved radio. Currently [...]
ITT awarded JTRS software support contract
FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 9, 2009 — ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) announced today that it has been awarded a $22.9 million contract for Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems (SINCGARS) Software In-Service Support (SwISS) by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office. The work will include technical support, enhancements, maintenance and [...]
UC San Diego Researchers Succeed in Rapid Port of FM3TR Waveform to Spectrum’s Multi-Purpose Radio Under JPEO JTRS Support
Waveform Code and Documentation to be Available in the JTRS Open Information Repository
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – June 18, 2009) – Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (”Spectrum”) (TSX:VCM), an advanced custom radio provider, announced today that the Future Multiband Multiwaveform Modular Tactical Radio (FM3TR) waveform has been successfully ported to Spectrum’s flexCommTM SDR-4000 software reconfigurable transceiver. [...]
Northrop Grumman Makes Delivery of Flight-Ready Integrated CNI System for F-35 Lightning II
Northrop Grumman announced The integrated CNI system that was delivered to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has nearly 500,000 lines of software and incorporates the Joint Tactical Radio System software architecture. Delivered capabilities include Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency receive and transmit, IFF transponder, radar altimeter, tactical air navigation (TACAN) and system hardware and software diagnostics.
QNX Ships First Multi-Core RTOS to Achieve Common Criteria Security Certification
QNX Software Systems announced that the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS Secure Kernel v6.4.0 has been certified to the stringent security requirements of the Common Criteria ISO/IEC 15408 Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL 4+).
The QNX Neutrino RTOS Secure Kernel marks two industry firsts: it is the only full-featured RTOS to achieve Common Criteria certification, and it [...]