Our Clients
Harris Corporation
Government Communications Systems Division of Harris Corporation awarded Spectrum a $1.5 million contract for equipment and services to be deployed in the field trials of the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Deployable System (ADS). Spectrum will supply signal processing products and services for use in both ship borne and buoy components of the ADS, the future U.S. Navy littoral surveillance system.
General Dynamics C4 Systems
General Dynamics C4 Systems and Spectrum will introduce and market an upgraded wideband modem for the U.S. Navy’s AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR). The upgrade will allow the DMR, a software-defined radio, to host new wideband Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) waveforms, in addition to the existing range of waveforms supported.
Lockheed Martin
Spectrum will provide three SDR-3000 software defined radio platforms and related engineering services to Lockheed Martin for research, development and prototyping of advanced satellite communications applications. These applications will offer improved performance under stressing channel conditions and are designed for future net-centric space systems that will support Defense Department and other government organizations.
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Motorola, Inc.
Spectrum announced a $500,000 agreement with Motorola, Inc. for the supply of its flexComm™ SDR-3000 SMRDP for cognitive radio research and development.
Cubic Defense Applications
Cubic Defense Applications, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, purchased the flexComm SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform for waveform development that will help all branches of the military and several public agencies communicate with one another.
JTRS JPO/JTeL
The U.S. Department of Defense Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Office (JPO) selected Spectrum’s flexComm SDR-3000 architecture for independent verification and validation of JTRS waveforms.
German Armed Forces
Spectrum supplied two SDR-3002 IMRDP (International Military Communications Rapid Prototyping and Development Platform) platforms to WTD 81, an agency of the German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB). BWB is the largest technical authority in Germany and the centralized procurement organization for the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). This purchase will enhance the software defined radio capabilities within the Bundeswehr and equip WTD 81 with a high performance hardware platform integrated with the necessary software and waveform development tools to support the Software Communications Architecture (SCA).
French Ministry of the Interior
Spectrum provided the SDR-3002 software defined radio platform, training and support services to the French Ministry of the Interior for the development of a new communications platform for a homeland security application.
Thales Underwater Systems
Thales Underwater Systems chose Spectrum’s flexComm SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform for use in mine detection by unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV).
NASA
NASA uses the flexComm SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform to simulate spacecraft in the lab, providing rapid prototyping for the development of inter-satellite cross links.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory selected Spectrum’s flexComm SDR-3000 Platform for multiple research Programs, including RF Identification (RFID) application development.
Government of Canada
Spectrum’s flexComm SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform will be used in a multi-function satellite communications terminal, an implementation of the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) developed by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program in the United States.
Elektrobit Ltd.
Elektrobit purchased the flexComm SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform for the baseband processing subsystem of the Finnish Software Defined Radio Demonstrator.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman chose Spectrum’s flexComm reconfigurable platform for use in its successful TPS-78 family of tactical ground-based air-surveillance radar systems.
Advanced CounterMeasure Systems
ACM Systems, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation selected Spectrum’s HCDR-1001 software reconfigurable platform for high-speed signal processing.
EDO
EDO Corporation chose Spectrum’s flexComm signal processing technology for use in its ship-based signal intelligence system called ALOFTS. The ALOFTS system is integrated into international naval defense systems to provide intelligence on the location of submarines and torpedoes. ITT Corporation acquired EDO in 2007.
Agilent Technologies
Spectrum has had an ongoing relationship with Agilent since 1997. The DSP-based products that Spectrum has supplied to Agilent has given them the capability to simultaneously monitor 300 to 500 lines of communication in their surveillance systems.
TCI
Technology for Communications International (TCI), a Dielectric Company, is using Spectrum’s PowerPC™-based flexComm HCDR subsystem in several variants of its signal monitoring systems. Spectrum and TCI have a decade-long relationship that continues to be strong.
General Dynamics
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems chose Spectrum’s flexComm digital radio subsystems for its next generation of government wireless development and production systems for a U.S. Department of Defense wireless application. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a provider of end-to-end intelligence and cyber mission integration and solutions to customers in the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities. More information is available online at www.gd-ais.com.
Spectrum’s low power, rugged, small form factor products provide the right processing solution needed for this [Advanced Deployable Systems] unique surveillance application.
Senior Program Manager
Harris Corporation Government Communications Systems Division
Spectrum’s integrated software defined radio platforms provide an ideal solution for our Software Radio Demonstrator Program for the Finnish Defence Forces. The availability of a commercial-off-the-shelf SDR platform, combining the necessary hardware and software development tools, will significantly shorten our development cycle and lower our project risk.
System Engineering Manager
Elektrobit
Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) OFDM provides reliable, heterogenous, wireless packet-switched operations that are highly resistant to multipath dynamics that are common in a mobile environment. The waveform inherently offers good spectral containment and supports a diverse set of range requirements.
The WNW OFDM waveform is the ideal data link for backbone communications and use with the SDR-4000 is an important milestone for achieving waveform proliferation without extensive development costs thereby realizing one of the JTRS visions.
Chief Technical Officer
L-3 Communications Nova Engineering
We chose Spectrum’s flexComm technology because of its industry leading signal processing performance, flexibility, and high standard of quality. Spectrum provided us with the enabling technology for satellite-based broadband access in a very short time frame. This will reduce our time-to-market as we expand our global network of satellite ground systems.
Assistant Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Satellite Systems
Hughes Network Systems