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| Press Release September 23rd, 2008 |
| Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
Ultra Electronics - Tactical Communication Systems
is awarded a contract valued at US $5,300,000 to supply its AN/GRC-245 HCLOS™ radios, encryption management system, and associated equipment to the Jordanian Armed Forces.
(Montreal, September 23, 2008) 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 HCLOS™ 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 HCLOS™ radio for its tactical high capacity communications backbone.” states Iwan Jemczyk, president of Ultra Electronics Tactical Communications Systems. “The AN/GRC-245A HCLOS™ radio is currently deployed in the most demanding battlefield conditions with several armies. It is gratifying that the HCLOS™ 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 HCLOS™ 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 HCLOS™ 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 HCLOS™ radios to North American and International customers.
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