General Dynamics Wraps Up Commerce Dept Public Safety Tech Tests; Manny Mora Comments
A General Dynamics division has completed a series of tests for a Commerce Department public safety communications research program intended to connect federal, state, local and public safety agencies to broadband technology. General Dynamics Broadband’s eNodeB and Evolved Packet Core products passed the phase one and phase three of the long-term evolution tests at the [...]
General Dynamics Connects Manpack Radios to SATCOM System; Chris Marzilli Comments
April 22, 2013 No Comment
General Dynamics recently tested two of its Manpack radios through a satellite communications system as part of an end-to-end system evaluation intended to connect the radios to the system. A PRC-155 Manpack radio sent voice and data communications to an orbiting Mobile User Objective System satellite, through an MUOS ground facility, and back to a second [...]
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General Dynamics Helps Army Connect Network Radio Nodes; Sandra Wheeler Comments
April 19, 2013 No Comment
General Dynamics has connected a U.S. Army unit’s handheld radios to the company’s network nodes that are designed to help soldiers and commanders communicate with each other on a company level. WIN-T Increment 2 network nodes are designed to link with the handheld, manpack, small form fit Rifleman and two-channel radios held by the Army’s [...]
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General Dynamics‘ C4 Systems business unit has finished updating ground systems for three NASA tracking and data relay satellites that transmit signals from Earth-orbiting spacecraft to the ground. The TDRS satellites also connect White Sands ground station to the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station, the company says. Modifications and technology updates to [...]
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NSA Certifies General Dynamics Encryptor For Classified Info; Mike Guzelian Comments
February 1, 2013 No CommentThe National Security Agency has certified a General Dynamics-made encryptor to store classified information at the top secret level and below. General Dynamics’ C4 systems business unit built the TACLANE-1G encryptor to work inside vehicles, remote command posts and data centers, the company said. TACLANE is also designed for use wherever government and military personnel travel or [...]
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General Dynamics Laptop Designed for Unclassified, Classified Comm; Chris Marzilli Comments
October 11, 2012 No CommentGeneral Dynamics‘ C4 systems unit has released a National Security Agency-approved laptop computer for secured network communications, the company announced Wednesday. The company said the TACLANE MultiBook laptop is designed for government, agency and state and local law enforcement users and other related organizations. According to Chris Marzilli, president of C4 systems, users would need [...]
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General Dynamics’ C4 systems unit has received National Security Agency approval for a product designed to help agencies protect sensitive data on virtual platforms. The Falls Church, Va.-based firm said the ProtecD@R PC encryptor secures data, imagery, video, and related material kept on computer hard drives. NSA approved the encryptor to secure classified information at [...]
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