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i had a college teacher once that was part of this design group.
what they are trying to make is something that does EVERYTHING (including crypto) in one box....from HF SSB to VHF AM air, to UHF air, to UHF SATCOM.....
AND
make all the armed forces standardize on a single design.
the stories he'd tell about Sailors and Army troops nearly coming to blows over the details were really funny.
NEway... cool design... WAAAAAAAY out of our price range... he was talking around $100k per unit initially, with that coming down into the $50k range once production ramped up.. lots of problems with crypto management too - different fill devices, different cable types, blah blah blah... from havequick to satcom secure voice... NSA was goin' nutz.
problem with this thing (just like everything now) is the software to run the damned thing
doug
what they are trying to make is something that does EVERYTHING (including crypto) in one box....from HF SSB to VHF AM air, to UHF air, to UHF SATCOM.....
AND
make all the armed forces standardize on a single design.
the stories he'd tell about Sailors and Army troops nearly coming to blows over the details were really funny.
NEway... cool design... WAAAAAAAY out of our price range... he was talking around $100k per unit initially, with that coming down into the $50k range once production ramped up.. lots of problems with crypto management too - different fill devices, different cable types, blah blah blah... from havequick to satcom secure voice... NSA was goin' nutz.
problem with this thing (just like everything now) is the software to run the damned thing
doug
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