Afghan Army personnel receive instruction regarding the care and maintenance of Datron tactical radios. The firm’s PRC-7700HH set was recently awarded certification from the US Joint Interoperability Test Command regarding Mil-Std-188-141B. (US DoD)
certification. In particular this certified the radio to MIL-STD-188-141B. What this means in practice is that the radio meets interoperability and performance requirements for medium- and highfrequency radios particularly as regards to Automatic Link Establishment. Datron’s PRC-7700H is an HF SDR which can be used as a fixed site, or as a manpack radio. It has a transmit power of up to 25W and supports both voice and data communications.
I ELBIT SYSTEMS
Maintaining a prominent presence at last year’s Eurosatory exhibition in Paris, Israel’s Elbit Systems is promoting its tactical radios which are designed to meet a wide range of user requirements. During the show, the firm showcased its PNR1000A, SDR-7200HH, SDR-7200, MIPR and CNR-9000HDR; all of which are
I EID
Portugal’s EID was celebrating the news in July 2013 that it had been contracted by the armed forces of Bangladesh to supply CD116 Digital Field Switchboards which will support the Bangladeshi Army’s tactical communications system. The CD-116 is designed for networks carrying voice and data traffic. It can manage a number of diverse communications systems. These can include analogue telephones, combat net radios, analogue and digital public communications networks, and digital terminals carrying voice and data traffic.
EID in Portugal is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. The company’s PRC-525 Combat Net Radio is a multiband system covering the HF, VHF and UHF bands. It can handle data at a rate of 72kbps. (EID)
marketed under the company’s Tadiran product line. The PNR-1000A covers the VHF/UHF 225-512Mhz range and is designed as a full duplex personal radio for dismounted soldiers. Three power outputs are achievable with the set namely settings of 0.5, 1W and 2W. Although the radio has a data rate of up to 320 kilobits-per-second (kbps), this is expected to increase to 1