Harris Adds BGAN to RF-7800M Multiband Manpack Radio

Harris Corp. added broadband satellite capability to its Falcon 3 RF-7800M wideband networking radio, the company announced.
    The new capability aims to enable global-area high-data-rate communications between senior military commanders and personnel in the battlefield. The RF-7800M currently provides advanced voice and data wideband line-of-sight networking capabilities through Harris’ 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. 
    “The integration of the RF-7800M with our tactical BGAN terminals creates a powerful system that will provide our customers with capabilities they cannot get anywhere else,” said Hal McDougall, vice president and acting general manager of Harris’ international business unit.
    Harris said the combined system offers throughput rates of up to 2 Mbps over the BGAN network when using embedded TCP/IP acceleration and compression, thus reducing Inmarsat BGAN costs.  It is the only integrated, military-rugged, wideband SATCOM on-the-move system capable of seamlessly maintaining high-speed encrypted IP data across an extended battle space. The RF-7800M is available to international customers.