Rohde & Schwarz will provide the newest expertise high-power, liquid-cooled excessive frequency (HF) transmitters and software program outlined radios for the JP9101 Enhanced Defence High Frequency Communications System (EDHFCS) program, which is able to present Australian and allied armed forces with the power to securely talk utilizing voice and information from nearly any location throughout the globe.

“Rohde & Schwarz welcomes this new contract and opportunity to work with Babcock, which follows our recent partnership to deliver a similar upgrade for the New Zealand Defence Force,” stated Gareth Evans, Managing Director Rohde & Schwarz Australia. “It is no secret that Rohde & Schwarz have a longstanding history in HF communications and our self-sufficient liquid-cooled technology is backed by decades of experience in the transmitter business.”

The R&S SK4110 HF high-power transmitters function longer service life and decrease failure charges by minimising thermal load on all elements, courtesy of the self-sufficient liquid-cooling system, which has been confirmed by Rohde & Schwarz over 25 years in its massively profitable vary of TV broadcast transmitters.

Providing a sustainable carbon footprint whereas delivering as much as 50% vitality price financial savings, the brand new transmitters function crucial module redundancy, i.e. uninterruptable transmission and operation in case of energy provide failure or HF output stage failure.

“The revolutionary, state-of-the-art technology developed by Rohde & Schwarz is the market benchmark and more than matches the Commonwealth requirement for advanced long-range BLOS communications with very high data rates and maximum reliability,”  Evans added. “We will fully support Babcock in implementing and operating this modern communications solution and stand ready to offer our decades-long local HF communications systems expertise and substantial through-life support capabilities.”

Babcock’s Managing Director Mission and Support Systems, Brad Yelland stated Rohde & Schwarz will play a significant function within the supply of the EDHFCS program to the Australian Defence Force. “The new system will provide the Australian Defence Force and its allies with an enhanced communications capability with levels of reliability and operational resilience not seen before within this technology domain,” he defined. “We look forward to working with Rohde & Schwarz on delivering a truly national capability for Australia’s strategic military communications network.”

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