Customers
Spectrum's customers include various departments of defense and government contractors engaged in military communications and intelligence programs that require support for multi-mission profiles that could change on-the-fly, as well as commercial companies developing more cost-effective and flexible communications infrastructure. These customers turn to Spectrum to lower the risk profile of their project through the use of standards-based interfaces. Read customer quotes.
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.
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.
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 Electronic 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 Electronic Systems,
Mountain View, Calif., designs, builds and supports
mission-critical computer and telecommunication systems for U.S.
intelligence and defense customers.
Customer Quotes
"Spectrum's low power, rugged, small form factor products provide the
right processing solution needed for this [Advanced Deployable Systems] unique surveillance application."
- Ken Schumacher, Senior Program Manager at 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."
- Harri Romppainen, System Engineering Manager at Elektrobit
"Spectrum provided the hardware set and valuable application engineering services to the Government
while working closely on-site with Boeing and JTeL personnel in the (COBRA waveform) porting effort."
- Senior Manager, Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Office
Technology Laboratory (JTeL)
"Spectrum provided a complete front-end processing platform for our application,
from radio frequency (RF) to base-band processing. This platform employs innovative
technology including field programmable gate array cores instead of traditional
down-converters which results in a significant increase in channel density per slot.
Spectrum was also able to meet an aggressive timeframe which will allow us to meet our
program schedule and cost objectives."
- Gerry Baumgartner, Program Manager at US Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command (SPAWAR)
"We selected Spectrum based on its robust commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
product offering and its demonstrated understanding of satellite communications
systems. Techno-Sciences expects to employ Spectrum products in both its current
and next generation commercial search and rescue satellite systems."
- Dr. Gilmer Blankenship, Chairman of Techno-Sciences, Inc.
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