UPDATE 20 Dec 2016: Hytera buys Sepura. After months of losses, a failed attempt at entering the fast-growing digital mobile radio (DMR) market and an embarrassing inability to meet bank covenants, the story of Sepura, the star of Europe’s terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) niche, has ended on a bright note: The company was acquired yesterday, 19 December 2016, by China's Hytera … [Read more...]
Verint ENGAGE Tactical Off-Air Interception
Widely recognized as a market leader in mediation devices and probes used in lawful intercept, Verint also offers an equally impressive suite of mobile interception and location solutions tailored to the needs of the special ops, government agency and law enforcement clients: the Verint ENGAGE Tactical Off-Air Interception Solutions Portfolio. The Verint ENGAGE Tactical … [Read more...]
Tracking Elusive Targets: Keysight Signal Analyzers and RF Sensors
Agilent's spin off of Keysight unleashed a giant in the military RF monitoring marketplace, with 12 R & D centers worldwide and 9,500 employees including the largest sales and support staff in its sector. Keysight's emergence as a solo player focused on electronic test & measurement, RF signal analysis represents an important and beneficial development to the … [Read more...]
ELTA Systems: Going Passive on Mobile and SATCOM Interception
Based in Ashdod, ELTA Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is one of Israel’s foremost electronic warfare and intelligence companies -- many would say the undisputed leader in advanced radar sensor technologies used in the air, on the ground and at sea. The company’s Tac4G system, in combination with data from ELTA’s Black Granite tactical radar data, … [Read more...]
Military eLoran and JPADs: Escape from GPS Jamming
South Korean eLoran - North Can't Jam It. Since deployment of the first constellation of 24 Global Positioning Satellites in 1994, GPS has grown to become the go-to location technology for commercial enterprises, health care, first responders, consumer smart devices and the military, and at the same time experienced a noticeable rise in a major downside, signal jamming. In … [Read more...]