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ITT Exelis upgrades SpearNet radio for international market users ITT Exelis has upgraded its hand-held SpearNet radio with enhancements that further extend its capabilities beyond competitor offerings. SpearNet is a high-throughput radio that provides large amounts of voice, data and video communications over a self-forming and self-healing ad hoc network. The first enhancement allows the radio to move around the battlefield in a cellular-like fashion while maintaining communications without reconfiguration or dropped calls. Well-known for its ability to move large amounts of data, Exelis also improved on this already strong SpearNet capability in the second enhancement by greatly increasing its data transfer rate. When compared to fielded dismounted technology, SpearNet-using wideband direct sequence spread spectrum provides users with two-to eight-times the amount of voice, data and video that can be moved from the dismounted soldier to the commander. This is more throughput than any other military radio used by dismounted forces today. "Many of today's conflicts are waged as part of the invisible war on the battlefield with successful militaries controlling and dominating the electromagnetic spectrum," said Chris Bernhardt, Exelis executive vice president and president of the Electronic Systems division. "This significant increase in the ability to move vital data for command and control purposes coupled with the new ability that is the equivalent of 'roaming' provides an overwhelming advantage for SpearNet users." The new roaming feature will enhance the capabilities of this radio that has already been battle proven in Afghanistan. It will now be able to perform in a cellular manner for mobility and data rates, but still retains required military characteristics such as resistance to jamming, encryption, and the absence of a single point of failure for the network. For currently fielded SpearNet radios, the upgrades will be made through a simple software download. These downloads will be available beginning in late 2012.
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