Navy picks Tricom Research for 75-Watt vehicle-mount radio amplifiers to boost communications for commandos
LAKEHURST, N.J. – U.S. Navy communications experts needed multiband RF and microwave frequency amplifiers to boost radio performance in special forces vehicles. They found a solution from Tricom Research Inc. in Irvine, Calif.
Officials of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., has announced an $8.8 million five-year contract to Tricom Research for as many as 756 75-watt multi-band radio amplifiers.
These vehicle-mount amplifiers are to increase performance for vehicular tactical radios in the very-high frequency (VHF) and ultra-high frequency (UHF) ranges for the U.S. Special Operations Command family of specialized operations vehicles.
Tricom Research designs the TCR-MBA-75 and Bias Tee 2 30-to-512 MHz 30--, 50-, and 75-Watt Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA)-certified multi-band power amplifier for vehicular, airborne, maritime, or fixed-station applications. DAMA is a communication channel access technology that offers easy and proactive sharing of channels among several users and networks.
This amplifier is compatible with manpack and handheld multi-band military radios. The Bias Tee 2, connected to the power amplifier via a coax cable, provides remote control of the transmit power level, low-noise amplifier operation, bypass capability; and selection of satellite communications (SATCOM), line-of-sight, and frequency-hopping modes of operation. The amplifier has an RS-232 port that helps operate radios from a PC.
On this contract Tricom Research will do the work in Irvine, Calif., and should be finished by May 2029. For more information contact Tricom Research online at https://tricomresearch.com, or the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division-Lakehurst at www.navair.navy.mil/lakehurst.
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