The Austrian Ministry of Defense has commissioned Thales to supply more than 2,500 Thales SquadNet tactical radios to support the digital transformation of the Austrian Army. This order is the second major European order in the soldier radio market after Belgium, writes Thales.
According to Thales, the SquadNet radio combines a special network waveform with integrated GPS, Bluetooth and programmable encryption. The device offers reliable, secure and critical communications capabilities in an affordable package optimized for size, weight and performance. With secure voice transmission, location reports and data sharing options, as well as a long battery life, the user-friendly SquadNet is ideal for the dismounted soldier.
Die SquadNet-Lösung werde mit der neuesten Gefechtsfeldsoftware SABRE ausgestattet sein, die es den Nutzern ermöglicht, den Standort aller Teammitglieder auf einer Karte anzuzeigen und Zieldaten sowie andere interessante Punkte einschließlich Navigationsinformationen zu übermitteln.
According to Thales, the automatic forwarding mode and the environment-resistant waveform ensure that communication with the SquadNet soldier radio is maintained seamlessly even under the most difficult propagation conditions in urban, forested and mountainous terrain, thus enabling a battle of the combined forces throughout the battlefield . It offers soldiers the opportunity to exchange information in real time, which increases the speed and precision of decisions.
"With Thales SquadNet, the Austrian Army will be one of the first European countries to use a state-of-the-art, software-defined radio system with full digital signal processing," says Hannes Boyer, CEO & Country Director Thales in Austria.
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