Since 2009, the joint venture a4ESSOR SAS has been developing a waveform with a high data rate for secure radio communication under the name European Secure Software Defined Radio (ESSOR) on behalf of the European procurement authority OCCAR EA, which can be processed interoperably with the software defined radio devices (SDR) of the participating nations.
After the project was dealt with as part of a EUR 25 million bill by the Defense and Budget Committees of the German Bundestag, Germany joined the project. OCCAR has adjusted the development contract of the OC1 phase with a4ESSOR and added Rohde & Schwarz as German industry representative. In addition to the new member Rohde & Schwarz, the companies Bittium (Finland), Indra (Spain), Leonardo (Italy), Radmor (Poland) and Thales (France) are now involved in the consortium. The adjusted OC1 contract has a term of 63 months and is endowed with 100 million euros.
The ESSOR program unlocks the state of the art of European Secure Software Defined Radio. With the multinational joint industrial development, a broadband network waveform has already been demonstrated on a number of different radio platforms by the members of the a4ESSOR industrial consortium.
Durch den Beitritt zum Programm wird Deutschland in der Lage sein, die Vorteile der ESSOR-Architektur und -Methodik sowie das Fachwissen aus der Entwicklung der ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform in den letzten zehn Jahren zu nutzen. Die Beteiligung Deutschlands an ESSOR als vollwertiger Teilnehmerstaat ermöglicht es ihm, die künftige Entwicklung des Programms zusammen mit den anderen Partnern zu steuern, und stellt einen wichtigen Schritt in Richtung einer europäischen interoperablen taktischen Kommunikation dar, die auf SDR aufbaut.
The HDRWF (High Data Rate WaveForm) waveform created as part of ESSOR OC1 is designed for operational and tactical command and control and IP networking at brigade, battalion and lower levels. It is characterized by flexible configuration and adaptability to demanding scenarios and offers soldiers on their national radio systems flexible, robust MANET networks for multinational operations and within the framework of national and alliance defense.
With SOVERON D, Rohde & Schwarz is contributing one of the most modern SDRs available on the market to the industrial collaboration and expects a giant step forward in the networked, secure and interference-free transmission of voice and data for projects of the German Armed Forces such as D-LBO.
ESSOR will also grow with other waveforms through the European Defense Fund, for example for special applications or for airborne operations.
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