Securing Wireless Battlefield Communications

The goal:  A highly secure battlefield network for enhanced communications and situational awareness. Technology advances have revolutionized military communications, vastly increasing connectivity requirements for every vehicle, sensor and soldier, whether on land, sea or air. The macro trend to connect everything is evident even on the battlefield, where every “thing,” including soldiers, can be sensors for maneuver command, control, communications and intelligence. Like any modern communications system, ubiquitous mobile coverage for the military relies on networks, bandwidth, availability and security.

This network-centric approach to make troops smarter and quicker in battlefield situations imposes rigorous security, performance and reliability challenges. However, wireless communications on the battlefield are becoming safer and more secure, thanks to advances in embedded computing technology. Modern low power, mid-range density FPGAs, for example, can enable software-defined radio and cryptography in military handheld radios for secure communications, as well as IEEE 1588 support and signal processing.

Microsemi is the leading supplier of semiconductor products into the defense and aerospace market. Our portfolio for enabling secure soldier communications over handheld military radio includes:

• Audio processors
• FPGA & SoC
  
  • Low-range density FPGAs & SoCs
  • Mid-range density FPGAs
  RF & Microwave
  • MMIC
  • PIN diodes and Varactor diodes

• TVS diodes
• Time and frequency
  
  • Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC)
  • IEEE 1588 PLL ICs

Contact your local Microsemi sales office today to find the right technologies, products and services for your military communications equipment designs.

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