RT Logic Awarded
Combat Survivor/Evader Locator (CSEL) Modulator/Receiver Processor (CMRP) By
Boeing
(19 March 2008) RT Logic, a recognised
leader in satellite data link processing, today announced a contract award by
The Boeing Company's Command, Control and Communications (C3) Networks Division
in support of the Combat Survivor/Evader Locator (CSEL) Modulator/Receiver
Processor (CMRP) project.
Boeing C3 Networks of Huntington
Beach, California, is the prime contractor working the CSEL effort for the U.S.
Air Force. Under the CSEL CMRP effort, RT Logic will deliver their Telemetrix
400XR (T400XR) Modulator/Receiver system as part of the CSEL Terrestrial
Training System (CTTS). Boeing's CSEL system allows rescue forces to
communicate with downed airmen anywhere in the world via over the-horizon
communications satellites. RT Logic received the CSEL CMRP order in November
2007, with the delivery of five, T400XR-based CMRPs planned for late summer of
2008. Each CMRP will have one modulator/demodulator stream per unit and operate
within the UHF band for RF signal input and output.
The T400XR is RT
Logic's premier narrowband, receiver and modulator product. It employs digital
receiver and modulator technology to meet multi-mission narrowband
requirements. The T400XR has a configurable software-defined
receiver/modulator, and supports most of the popular demodulation and
modulation schemes such as BPSK, QPSK, SQPSK, UQPSK, SOQPSK, and SQPN (spread
spectrum) signals. Data rates ranging to 50 Mb/s are supported under certain
demodulation schemes. Demodulation processing is supplemented by bit
synchronisation, a variety of forward error correction (FEC) methods, and PCM
code conversion. The modulation capability of the T400XR enables PCM
simulation, command processing, Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT), or ranging as
required. The T400XR can be configured to operate at an intermediate frequency
(70 MHz), or have modular frequency converters integrated into the T400XR's
Compact PCI (cPCI) enclosure, thus allowing operation on UHF, L, S, X, C, and
Ku bands.
"Our excellent working relationship with Boeing engineers on
several previous DoD satellite programs has established RT Logic as a trusted
satellite ground systems provider," said Bill Asiano, RT Logic's CMRP Program
Manager, "The CSEL CMRP is a very important project to RT Logic because it
allows us to adapt our products for adjacent markets using our flexible, low
risk, and cost effective commercial product architectures."
About RT
Logic
RT Logic is a leading provider of products for ground-based
applications, primarily for satellite and launch range operations. Known for
exceptional innovation, performance, and support, RT Logic has delivered more
than 2000 systems since its inception in 1997. RT Logic offers a complete line
of Telemetrix products used in systems for widely varied control centre, ground
antenna, and range applications. Since October 2002, RT Logic has operated as a
wholly owned-subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc.
About Integral
Systems
Founded in 1982, Integral Systems is a leading provider of
satellite ground systems and has supported more than 205 different satellite
missions for communications, science, meteorological, and earth resource
applications. Integral Systems was the first company to offer an integrated
suite of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software products for satellite
command and control: the EPOCH Integrated Product Suite (IPS) product line.
EPOCH IPS has become the world market leader in commercial applications with
successful installations on five continents.
Through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, SAT Corporation, Integral Systems provides satellite and
terrestrial communications signal monitoring systems to satellite operators and
users throughout the world. Through its Newpoint Technologies, Inc.,
subsidiary, Integral Systems also provides software for equipment monitoring
and control to satellite operators and telecommunications firms. Integral
Systems' Lumistar, Inc., subsidiary provides system- and board-level telemetry
acquisition products. Integral Systems has approximately 500 employees working
at its headquarters in Lanham, MD, and at other locations in the U.S. and
Europe.
(source: Integral Systems)
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