ISR – Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima

ISR – SIGINT, ELINT, COMINT

ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) systems requires reliable and accurate systems with exceptional processing capabilities to help detect, locate and gather signals. Spectrum’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions provide high-throughput, scalable and reconfigurable solutions for quick deployments such as:

Wideband spectral analysis
Spectral monitoring with multichannel direction finding
Channelized receivers with beamforming

We design with modularity in mind. Quickly tailor your system to meet specific mission requirements and more easily swap or upgrade your components while deployed in the field. Ideal for applications such as:

SIGINT (Signals Intelligence)
ELINT (Electronic Intelligence)
COMINT (Communications Intelligence)
EW (Electronic Warfare) and EA (Electronic Attack)
ECM (Electronic Countermeasures)

Customers

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.

Press Release

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.

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.

Press Release

Feature Product

SDR-4902

3U cPCI Two Slot Transceiver
XMC-1151

Wideband Digitizer/Digital Receiver
SDR-7001 IDS

3U VPX Integrated Development System
SDR-2010

PC/Server Based Signal Processing Platform

Resources

Published Articles

SDR Enables Reconfigurable Direction Finding System

Jamming Application Note

Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) encompass several types of systems, one of which is a jammer. A jammer is a device that emits RF energy to disrupt sensor signals, such as RADAR, or communication signals used by an enemy. Jammer systems range from simple noise emitters, such as barrage jammers, to more sophisticated systems such as deception repeaters. A growing area of interest is the Counter-IED application that jams communication signals used to activate improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

This application note shows how a generic jammer system, a system that can be used to detect, lock onto and jam threat signals emitted by an enemy, can be implemented on its SDR-4902 system.

Download Jammer Application Note

Below: Block diagram of a generic jammer implementation onto the SDR-4902 (click to enlarge).