(Source: Datamonitor)
Harris Corporation, a communications and information technology company, has announced the addition of a new capability to its RF-7800M wideband networking radio that will enable global-area high-data rate broadband communications between senior commanders and personnel at the tactical edge.
The company has said that it is adding a broadband satellite capability to the RF-7800M wideband networking radio through integration with the Harris RF-7800B family of ruggedized Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminals. The optimized connection between the two products provides warfighters with new secure beyond-line-of-sight network connectivity.
The RF-7800M currently provides advanced voice and data wideband line-of-sight networking capabilities through the Harris-developed Advanced Networking Wideband Waveform (ANW2). The ANW2 waveform provides warfighters with secure voice transmission, as well as streaming video, biometrics, classified Internet access and other intelligence applications, according to Harris Corporation.
The company said that the new software upgrade will allow users to extend the range of ANW2 data to beyond-line-of-sight by linking the radio to the BGAN network through the RF-7800B. The combined system offers throughput rates of up to 2Mbps over the BGAN network when using embedded TCP/IP acceleration and compression, thus reducing INMARSAT costs.
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