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Thales introduces, at Eurosatory 2002, the new PR4G F@stnet

17 June 2002

At Eurosatory, Thales Communications is launching its new generation combat radio: PR4G F@stnet

Much more compact and lightweight than the former version (close to half its volume), PR4G F@stnet provides an ECCM rate 4 times greater than most of the radios available on the market. This new radio uses an ECCM 64 Kbits/s waveform operating with extremely fast frequency hopping (> 300 hops/s) providing high rate data transmissions even under highly jammed environment.

New services are available with PR4G F@stnet, such as voice/data multiplex. It is now possible for a troop leader to transmit orders urgently at any time when the operational situation requires it, while receiving simultaneously periodic tactical situation reports from the other units or his own soldiers. To achieve that, PR4G F@stnet includes a GPS (Global Positioning System).

Making extensive use of IP technologies (Internet Protocol), PR4G F@stnet includes all the functions required to implement the battlespace Tactical Internet:
- An Ethernet interface enabling the radio to be easily connected to a local network, or to a Command Post's applications or to handheld display/messaging data terminals,
- An IP router which, when connected to a Tactical Internet, ensures data routing to the correct addressee wherever he is in the network, even when jammers are at work.

Giving access to those new services (messaging, situation awareness, etc) PR4G F@stnet is the ideal transmission equipment in any theatre of operation. PR4G F@stnet is perfectly adapted to C4ISR systems requirements, in particular: IP-wide end-to-end communication security, mobility, communication links maintained under any hostile circumstances and guaranteed message delivery.

"This radio is a further step towards the future standards of Software Radio. Indeed, PR4G F@stnet is already a programmable software radio, which integrates the technologies required to implement several waveforms," underlined Xavier Lagrenade, Director Business Line Land at Thales Communications.

Available in manpack and vehicle-mounted versions, Thales's PR4G F@snet is the essential link for the Tactical Internet.

More about Thales Communications
System designer, prime contractor, integrator and value-added services provider, Thales Communications is the global architect of communication and information systems satisfying the operational needs of armed and security forces. Present in 14 countries, Thales Communications achieves about 1.5 billion euros of yearly turnover and employs 9000 persons world-wide.

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