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Harris Corporation and BAE Systems Launch Advanced Highband Networking
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information
technology company, and BAE Systems announced in March 2007, that their co-developed Highband Networking Radio (HNR) is now available for purchase.
Developed to provide true ad-hoc, mobile capabilities to network-centric military communications, the HNR is the first to utilize directive beam technology to achieve higher throughput over longer distances and with enhanced spectrum efficiency.
The HNR is the first product to provide fully mobile, high-bandwidth, long-range, line-of-site connectivity between users of widely dispersed LANs. The versatile system can be configured for small combat unit applications, as well as for military division/brigade/battalion network backbone applications. It operates with equal effectiveness in fixed or on-the-move applications. Designed for ease and speed of use, the HNR requires only a power-up to establish a mobile, ad-hoc networking mesh, helping to reduce manpower and simplify operations.
"HNR provides tremendous value to the user with its high throughput mesh network and on-the-move capabilities," said Sheldon Fox, vice president and general manager of Department of Defense Programs, Harris Government Communications Systems Division. "We are very pleased to announce its availability following a very successful demonstration of its full range of capabilities this past January, including voice-over-IP, video teleconferencing, high-definition video and e-mail transmission at speeds of more than 30 megabits-per-second."
Potential HNR applications include the U.S. Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, Future Combat Systems, and Joint Network Node programs; the U.S. Navy's transformational FORCEnet program; the NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System program; and the U.S. Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System program.
Standard components of the HNR include the Baseband Processing Unit (BPU) and Directive Beam Antenna. The lightweight BPU includes the processor that runs the Highband Network Waveform and a built-in router. The Directive Beam Antenna can be mounted in a variety of configurations, including on top of a mast or integrated onto a vehicle roof. The radio also comes with control software and interconnection cables. Options for mobile applications include a precision, lightweight GPS receiver (PLRG) unit, an inertial navigation gyroscope (ING), and a variety of self-erecting masts.
