HelpSix European countries to work on software radio
February 24th, 2009 | IDEX 2009 | Posted by Pierre Tran
Abu Dhabi - The OCCAR European defense agency has signed with a joint venture in a six country collaborative effort to develop common international standards for software defined tactical radios, marketing director Valéry Rousset of the land and joint division at the IDEX arms show.
OCCAR will manage the contract, signed in December and dubbed Essor, on behalf of Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden. National champions from each of the countries, such as Thales for France, will work together in the cross-border cooperation, Rousset said Feb. 24.
A common international standard would allow different militaries to operate together while using different makes of software defined radios, Rousset said.
Under the contract, industry will develop over three or four years a software communication architecture standard and build a high data rate coalition, said Thales marketing director Philippe Lardilleux. The work would take a lot of engineering, he said. No financial details were available. Read the rest of this entry »
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