Radio Contract Amendment

Ultra Electronics TCS

Ultra Electronics is awarded a contract amendment valued at US $30,000,000 for work relating to the U.S. Army’s WIN-T Program.

Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division (Ultra TCS) announces the award of contract modifications valued at more than US $30,000,000 through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the supply of its AN/GRC-245 HCLOSTM radio and TRC190 V1 and V3 kits for the U.S. Army's WIN-T Program under contact no. DAAB07-98-C-F505.

"We are honoured to support the US's Army drive to modernize its tactical communications systems" states Alan Barker, president of Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems Division. "The AN/GRC-245A HCLOSTM radio is currently deployed with the armies of several countries and we are absolutely delighted at 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) using the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) open framework.

The HCLOSTM radio is currently shipping with 16Mb/s capacity but is software-upgradeable to 34Mb/s full-duplex capacity. Ultra-TCS has already delivered thousands of HCLOSTM radios to North American and International customers, many of which are operating in the most demanding battlefield conditions. Many thousands more HCLOSTM radios are on order.

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