Government and defense agencies share a critical mission — to protect lives. Whether that’s on the battlefield or across the homeland, it demands failsafe communication. For military organizations, this means military aircraft exchanging data, voice and ISR video with troops on the ground and at sea. Navy vessels rigged with full broadband capabilities. Soldiers equipped with portable, light-weight terminals for total situational awareness. For government agencies, it means secure, reliable networks that function independent of core fiber and wireless systems.
Supporting all these applications is more difficult than ever as bandwidth requirements surge, technology budgets fall and end-user specifications grow increasingly sophisticated.
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Three Fronts of Innovation
Performance: iDirect is unveiling the 9-Series as part of its next-generation remote portfolio. The 9-Series pushes throughput levels to new heights, increases security standards and offers enhanced portability with significant reductions in size, weight and power. The iDirect 950mp Integrated Satellite Router Board — 30% smaller than its predecessor — features embedded FIPS 140-2 Level 3 encryption and operates within all Ku, C, Ka and X band including WGS frequency ranges. The 980 Airborne Integrated Satellite Router Board is designed specifically for military aircraft, with dual demodulators for seamless beam-switching and skew angle compensation.
Efficiency: iDirect Evolution is DVB-S2X ready. By the time new satellite capacities become available, operators will be able to take advantage of efficiency gains through higher MODCODs and an easy migration path to DVB-S2X. The platform leverages adaptive carriers with the latest advances in ACM, Adaptive TDMA and Adaptive SCPC, adjusting optimal operating parameters in real time to conserve bandwidth.
Security: Evolution fulfills TRANSEC and FIPS requirements. Line cards and remotes support FIPS 140-2 Level 3. A new TRANSEC module supports both two-way TRANSEC and one-way TRANSEC, securing communications on receive-only terminals.
New Evolution improvements deliver what it takes today across any front, and provide an easy upgrade path to future capabilities. VS
