RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEMS
HF AND DEFENSE SOLUTIONS Edition 1 / 5.2022
ADVANCED SOLUTIONS & SERVICES
HF and Defense Solutions
ADVANCED SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES FOR THE FUTURE OF HIGH-FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS As world leaders in every aspect of high-frequency (HF) communications infrastructure, we partner closely with defense organizations, prime contractors and government departments around the world to meet their unique requirements. YOUR STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR HF PROJECTS OF ANY SIZE, ANY COMPLEXITY We support your HF infrastructure project from conception through construction and beyond — whether you’re deploying a single broadband antenna or a large-scale military network that supports radar, voice and data. We take care of: • Requirements analysiss
• Installation and integration
• Solution design
• Building fit outs
• Manufacturing
• Project management
• Interference modeling
• Site supervision • Lifecycle management for the end-to-end solution
A BROAD PORTFOLIO OF ROBUST, FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE BROADBAND HF SOLUTIONS Our portfolio includes HF antennas, combiners and baluns as well as all of the associated subsystems for coverage requirements ranging from short, medium and long distance to ionospheric propagation. All of our HF solutions are designed to meet the most demanding defense communications requirements in the harshest field conditions. Portfolio highlights include: • Tactical manpack, transportable and stationary antennas for all omni-directional and directional applications — from horizontal and vertical log periodics and broadband monopoles to tactical antennas, biconical dipoles, standard and tandem deltas and rotatable log periodics. • Eight- and nine-inch air-dielectric coaxial cables to support very-high-power medium frequency (MF) and HF applications To improve coastal surveillance capabilities, we also include our antenna designs in advanced High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) solutions.
High-profile HF modernization projects We’ve designed, manufactured and installed HF solutions for a wide variety of HF modernization projects in Australia, including: • An HF high-power, large-aperture (HPLA) rosette and associated antenna systems at Defence High Frequency Communications System (DHFCS) sites across Australia. • An HF rotatable log periodic antenna (RPLA) and associated antenna systems, including a switch matrix with remote control software and integrated rotational control, for Project REDFIN.
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HF and Defense Solutions
TRUSTED TO SUPPORT KEY HF DEPLOYMENTS GLOBALLY Our advanced solutions and services support strategically and tactically important HF deployments around the world, including: • The New Zealand Defence High Frequency Communications Service • The Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) in Australia • UN peacekeeping forces network • The NOSTRADAMUS over-the-horizon radar network in France • The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in the US • The Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) network in the US We’ve also supplied and installed HF solutions for the French army and throughout the varied environmental conditions of the Middle East, Sweden, Philippines, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea.
GROUND-BREAKING HF SOLUTIONS PROVEN TO LAST We have the expertise and experience to design and adapt all of our HF solutions to meet the most specialized require- ments. Several of our innovative HF antenna designs, large array systems and over-the-horizon radar systems are unique in the world and deliver groundbreaking performance. HF system projects we were involved in 30 years ago are still considered to be leading edge. And many have not required significant investments for 20-plus years.
INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS FOR TACTICAL DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS Our defense solutions portfolio also includes complete antenna and cable systems for tactical defense communications on the ground, in the air and at sea. Highlights include: • Lightweight and rugged grid parabolic microwave antennas for 1350-2700 MHz communications that can be assembled in the field and are protected by a highly resistant coating of TAN X army green IR NATO 24X5. • Specially wrapped VHF/UHF crossband dipole antennas for 115-500 MHz ground-to-air communi- cations and counter-measure operations that provide excellent protection against rain, ice, sand storms, marine corrosion and industrial pollution. • Versatile and rugged marine whip antennas that are ideal for ship-to-shore, shore-to-ship and ship-to-ship communications, and can withstand winds up to 160 km/h unsupported. • Transportable, lightweight traveling wave antennas for short-to-medium distance ionospheric communications in the 2-30 MHz range that can be set up on an existing mast within 20 minutes. • 5G-ready RADIAFLEX® radiating cables that take reliable, high-speed wireless communications throughout naval vessels and submarines.
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