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Ultra Electronics - Communication contract with Jordanian Armed Forces

Ultra Electronics (published 24/09/2008)
 

Ultra Electronics - Tactical Communication Systems is awarded a contract valued at US $5,300,000 to supply its AN/GRC-245 HCLOSTM radios, encryption management system, and associated equipment to the Jordanian Armed Forces.


Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (Ultra TCS) announces the award of a contract valued at more than US$5,300,000 through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the supply of its AN/GRC-245 HCLOSTM radio, encryption management system, and associated equipment to the Jordanian Armed Forces under FMS contract no. W15P7T-08-C-D271.

“We are honoured that the Jordanian Armed Forces has selected the AN/GRC-245 HCLOSTM radio for its tactical high capacity communications backbone.” states Iwan Jemczyk, president of Ultra Electronics Tactical Communications Systems. “The AN/GRC-245A HCLOSTM radio is currently deployed in the most demanding battlefield conditions with several armies. It is gratifying that the HCLOSTM radio has received such broad market acceptance and we are delighted with the positive experiences reported by the soldiers using this radio.”

The AN/GRC-245A HCLOSTM radio is a state-of-the-art Software Defined Radio (SDR). It is the only tactical high capacity radio on the market using the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) open framework. The HCLOSTM radio is currently shipping with 16Mb/s capacity and is software-upgradeable to 34Mb/s full-duplex capacity. Ultra-TCS has already delivered thousands of HCLOSTM radios to North American and International customers.

 

 

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