Comtech to deploy its satellite modems in US Government network

Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, has secured a $1.3m order from the US Government network to supply satellite modems.

The order has been received for the SLM-5650A Satellite Modem, which is compliant with the requirements defined in MIL-STD-188-165A, modem types I, II, IV, V and VI for applications on DSCS, WGS and commercial satellites.

Comtech Telecommunications president and CEO Dr Stanton Sloane said: "Given our proven performance, reliability and bandwidth-efficient technologies, our single channel per carrier (SCPC) satellite modems are utilised in the majority of the Department of Defense’s tactical terminal programmes.

"This order is another example of our ability to support a diverse range of government SATCOM initiatives."

The modem will support date rates from 8kbps to 155Mbps and symbol rates from 32ksps to 64Msps and offers standard MIL-STD-188-114 (EIA-530 / RS-422) and EIA-613 (HSSI) serial interfaces.

It can be optionally configured to support G.703 and low voltage differential signalling (LVDS) serial interfaces.

In addition, it can be optionally installed with a four-port 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet Network Processor module, which supports switching, routing and advanced quality of service protocols.

According to the company, the modem includes an optional AES-256 TRANSEC module that is compliant with the FIPS-140-2 NIST standard.

Comtech EF Data provides communication solutions, including heights networking platform, advanced VSAT solutions, modems, RAN & WAN optimisation, network & bandwidth management and RF products.