Rockwell Collins Introduces TALON Panel Mounted Radio

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (November 29, 2001) - Rockwell Collins has introduced the TALON panel mounted radio allowing users to upgrade their communications capability with minimal impact on aircraft integration.

The radio is a form and fit replacement for both the ARC-164 and ARC-182 radios and provides an adaptable system designed to maximize tactical battlefield interoperability in both single channel and electronic protection modes of operation.

The Collins TALON radio provides normal and secure two-way voice and data communications over the 30 to 400 MHz frequency ranges. The system’s advanced Digital Signal Processing and Software Centric architecture provides an integrated system that is highly flexible, compact in size and allows for growth within the radio through software modifications in the field. Functions that have been traditionally accommodated in individual or federated pieces of hardware have been embedded in software, providing the user the benefits of an integrated communications system with adaptability to future requirements.

The system can be configured with multiple Electronic Counter Counter Measure (ECCM) options including the Second-generation Anti-jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN) waveform. The TALON panel-mounted radio is also capable of implementing the Single Channel Ground Air Radio System (SINCGARS) electronic protection waveforms in the low VHF frequency range and the HAVE QUICK and HAVE QUICK II electronic protection waveforms in the UHF frequency range. The panel mount radio can also be configured with the Rockwell Collins TALON country unique ECCM which includes a Time Division Multiple Access Networking Capability and a High Data Rate Tactical Waveform. It is also capable of employing embedded secure voice, UHF satellite communications and other secure communications features.

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