Thales Provides Domain Expertise Under the JTRS Contract for Airborne, Maritime, and Fixed Site
19 September 2008
CLARKSBURG, Md., Thales Communications Inc. announces its participation on the winning team selected by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO).
Thales Communications, Inc., announces its participation on the winning team selected by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) to provide the tactical communications and networking solutions for the JTRS Airborne, Maritime, and Fixed Site (AMF) program. Under this initial System Development and Demonstration contract, the AMF JTRS team, led by the prime contractor Lockheed Martin, will provide seamless, networked voice, data, and video communications to warfighters. AMF JTRS provides software-defined radios that will be integrated onto air, maritime, and fixed site platforms for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army Aviation, enabling maritime and airborne forces to communicate seamlessly and with greater efficiency.
Thales has been supporting the Lockheed Martin team in the areas of systems design support and high-frequency (HF) systems design. The Thales HF system solution for AMF JTRS leverages Thales' Series 5000 product line for high-power, fixed station applications and the ruggedness of the Thales Series 8000 to cope with the demanding environment of the maritime domain. Thales' HF solution offers an integrated system capability that provides dramatic reductions in space and weight over legacy HF systems. Maximizing the use of commercial off-the-shelf component technology and open standards, the Thales HF solution for AMF is modular and scalable, easily accommodating individual and varied platform configuration requirements.
"Through software-defined radio technology, the AMF JTRS program will provide real-time battlefield awareness through an interoperable networked communications capability," said Aaron Brosnan, Director of Naval Programs at Thales Communications. "We are very pleased to be working with Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon, leveraging our 50 years of naval and fixed domain HF radio expertise under this critical program."
About Thales
Thales Communications, Inc. (www.thalescomminc.com), is a leader in the development of battle-proven, software-defined, radio equipment and solutions and has been an integral player in developing JTRS technology where size, weight, and power are key challenges. The company provides critical communication capabilities in the Tactical, Homeland Security, and Naval/Maritime domains throughout the globe. A U.S. proxy company (100% American), Thales Communications is part of Thales, a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defense, aerospace, and security markets worldwide. Thales' leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues in excess of $18 billion.
Press Contact
Sheila Gindes
Marketing Communications Manager
Phone: 240-864-7912
Email: sheila.gindes@thalescomminc.com
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