L-3 Flight Tests Video Relay with Miniature Common Data Link Terminal
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2007--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today the successful flight test of a video relay from a Common Data Link (CDL) compliant, software-programmable terminal weighing one pound. This latest innovation extends the capability of L-3's one pound data link, which was successfully flight tested in July 2007. To date, L-3 has provided over 500 CDL terminals to a variety of manned and unmanned platforms, providing armed forces worldwide with reliable, inter-operable, high capacity communications.
"The ability to simultaneously transmit and receive high bandwidth video data is a requirement for creating networks and routing information in the net-centric warfare age," said Susan Opp, President and General Manager of L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West). "Our Mini-CDL terminal delivers that capability to small, lightweight platforms using dependable, proven technology."
The small, fully ruggedized system, including a digital modem, RF electronics and amplifiers, flew on a U.S. Navy unmanned air system (UAS), and operated at 10.71 Mbps symmetrically (transmit and receive mode) to route and relay full motion video from Webster Field to three different Naval CDL surface terminals located at the Surface/Aviation Interoperability Laboratory (SAIL) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
Government representatives at L-3's successful demonstration also witnessed tests demonstrating L-3's commitment to multi-vendor CDL interoperability. The one pound CDL miniature transceiver interoperated with three different Naval CDL surface terminals using the latest CDL Annex B, Revision F formats, all manufactured by different vendors.
L-3 CS-West, located in Salt Lake City, UT, is the preeminent supplier of wideband data links and mobile surface and airborne satellite terminals for military applications in the world. L-3 CS-West has over 40 years of experience in providing robust, mobile microwave, satellite terminals and wideband data links for airborne platforms, including manned and unmanned platforms, operating in a variety of environments.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 63,000 people worldwide and is a prime system contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of high technology products, systems and subsystems. The company reported 2006 sales of $12.5 billion.
To learn more about L-3, please visit the company's web site at www.L-3Com.com.
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