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| title = Procurement Programs, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Estimates, Other Procurement, Army: Communications and Electronics Budget Activity 2 | | title = Procurement Programs, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Estimates, Other Procurement, Army: Communications and Electronics Budget Activity 2 | ||
| date = January 16, 2008}}</ref> It is part of the Area Common User System Modernization (ACUS-Mod) variation on the [[Warfighter Information | | date = January 16, 2008}}</ref> It is part of the Area Common User System Modernization (ACUS-Mod) variation on the [[Warfighter Information Network–Tactical]] (WIN-T) and JNN architecture, more compatible with the [[restructuring of the United States Army]]. The equipment has been in U.S. Army service since 2000. It is backwards-compatible with the AN/GRC-226. | ||
==Configuration== | ==Configuration== | ||
There are three major variants: | There are three major variants: | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 24 January 2009
A Candian-developed tactical software-defined radio used by the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and a number other countries, the AN/GRC-245, with the current version called the Enhanced High Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio (HCLOS), replaces the AN/GRC-226 radios in the AN/TRC-190 family of transmission assemblages.[1] It is part of the Area Common User System Modernization (ACUS-Mod) variation on the Warfighter Information Network–Tactical (WIN-T) and JNN architecture, more compatible with the restructuring of the United States Army. The equipment has been in U.S. Army service since 2000. It is backwards-compatible with the AN/GRC-226.
Configuration
There are three major variants:
- AN/GRC-245 Enhanced Software Communications Architecture (SCA) radio
- AN/GRC-245 high power radio
- AN/GRC-245 Band IV radio
It operates in three freqency ranges:
- 225 to 400 MHz NATO Band I
- 1,350 to 2,690 MHz Band III+
- 4,400 to 5,000 MHz Band IV; this is upgradable to support IEEE 802.16 WiMax long-range wireless LAN technology[2], which also can provide cellular telephony
The initial version had 16 Mbps of bandwidth, growing to 34 Mbps in a Joint Tactical Radio System-compatible mode.
International use
It was developed by Canadian Communication Research Center (CRC) in concert with Ultra Electronics.[3] In addition, it is part of the UK Theatre Wide Communications Network in the Cormorant project, and the follow-on Falcon system. the AN/GRC-245 is also to be used by Taiwan. It has also been sold to India and Jordan. [4]
References
- ↑ Department of the Army (January 16, 2008), Procurement Programs, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Estimates, Other Procurement, Army: Communications and Electronics Budget Activity 2
- ↑ "Cellular Reliance", Asian Military Review
- ↑ Communications Research Center, Industry Canada (June 2007), CRC-developed SDR technology deployed in commercial radios: Ultra Electronics ships new radios enabled by CRC’s Software Communications Architecture
- ↑ Ultra Electronics, Tactical Communications Systems