Communications solutions for the air force

Communications solutions for the air force

Your reliable partner for safe and secure airborne radiocommunications

Information superiority is vital to mission effectiveness and survivability. Key mission success factors include reliability, security, flexibility and system capability for deployed communications solutions. SOVERON® provides secure and reliable communications networks for all branches of the armed forces and their command and control levels.

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Designed for ease of integration

Designed for ease of integration

The SOVERON® AR family was designed to ease integration thanks to the continuous exchange of expertise with industrial partners, qualifications (MIL-standards), minimizing EMC risks and other platform-specific qualifications.

Assured command and control (C2) superiority

Assured command and control (C2) superiority

Rohde & Schwarz provides state-of-the-art wideband waveforms for pure voice and high speed tactical data transmissions, giving military and domestic security forces complete information superiority, while also covering all airborne platform scenarios.

Independent privately owned manufacturer

Independent privately owned manufacturer

Founded over 80 years ago, Rohde & Schwarz is now one of the world's leading manufacturers of information and communications technology. The company is the only major and completely independent SDR manufacturer.

Comprehensive solutions for all market trends

  • Civil avionics standards – such as those for military products – are growing more important and are required by law for radios in the EU
  • SCA-compatibility enables the development and porting of waveforms and cryptology in line with national requirements
  • IP-transparent data interfaces and continuous exchange of expertise with industrial partners for straightforward integration
  • Simultaneous clear and cipher voice and high speed data transmission for all scenarios from a single radio
  • State-of-the-art modern waveforms with high data rates and ranges for reliable and secure communications
  • Increased range and continuous connectivity with embedded mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) in a fast-moving, harsh environment

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Fields of deployment

Rohde & Schwarz is the only military airborne radio supplier that meets civil aviation certification requirements of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The company also provides an airborne transceiver that employs standard state-of-the-art NATO communications methods, including frequency hopping and NATO cryptology.

SOVERON® radios are SECAN and BSI certified for communications up to the NATO secret level, ensuring that aircraft can be used in international air space under network centric warfare conditions.

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SOVERON® AR

The SOVERON® AR airborne radio is a part of the SOVERON® software defined radio family. Information superiority is vital to mission effectiveness and survivability. Key mission success factors are reliability, security, flexibility and system capability in deployed communications solutions. SOVERON® provides secure and reliable mission communications networks for all branches and command and control levels of the armed forces.

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R&S®M3AR

The R&S®M3AR family is the product of decades of experience, especially in the design and development of airborne radio equipment and software defined radio technology.

The R&S®M3AR multiband, multimode, multirole radio is the solution of choice for the reliable transmission of mission-critical information, whether for jet or propeller aircraft, helicopters or unmanned aerial vehicles.

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SOVERON® software defined, multiband airborne transceivers from Rohde & Schwarz

Airborne solutions since 1968

Rohde & Schwarz has developed airborne transceivers for demanding radio communications since 1968. Many of these analog transceivers are still deployed today by armed forces worldwide. After decades of use, they continue to provide reliable radiocommunications, proving the Rohde & Schwarz promise of quality, reliability and robustness throughout a system’s lifecycle and beyond.

The R&S®M3AR family of software defined radios (SDR) has proven its value in deployments around the world since 2000. Multiband VHF/UHF SDRs are designed for line-of-sight avionics communications and their compact and lightweight design makes them suitable for all types of aircraft.

SOVERON® AR is the newest member of the airborne radio family and certified in line with MIL-STD-704F, MIL-STD-810F and MIL-STD-461F to minimize the need for additional platform-specific qualifications. SOVERON® software defined, multiband airborne transceivers from Rohde & Schwarz have modular designs and state-of-the-art technologies. This leads to long mean times between failures (MTBF) and greater longevity. Their different waveforms can be installed at any time for interoperability in many scenarios.

Unique selling points for unique solutions

Unique selling points for unique solutions

Solutions for all branches of the armed forces
Rohde & Schwarz supplies communications equipment with interoperable waveforms for all branches of the armed forces.

ITAR exempt solutions
Rohde & Schwarz supplies customers with solutions that are exempt from International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and are not subject to American export restrictions and controls.

Customized solutions
Rohde & Schwarz supplies state-of-the-art technology tailored to customer needs. The customer centric approach and flexibility includes the promise to satisfy all customer requirements.

Solutions with engineering competency
Rohde & Schwarz is a world-leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art communications technologies. The company’s knowledge of military airborne communications is founded on 70 years of experience.

Frequency bands of the software defined airborne radios from Rohde & Schwarz

Solutions for a broad frequency coverage

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SOVERON® supporting solutions

Rohde & Schwarz offers innovative, tailored and mission-ready services for design, integration and protection of high-end equipment.

Project implementation: Experienced project managers and integration experts keep projects on time and on budget. The global reach of Rohde & Schwarz with more than 80 offices around the world means the company has a proven track record of successful project implementation around the world.

Training: Rohde & Schwarz offers different training packages tailored to customer knowledge levels and training requirements. The professional training program helps support customer projects and mission readiness.

Lifecycle support: Rohde & Schwarz offers innovative solutions and reliable end-to-end support over the entire product lifecycle, from beginning to end and beyond. The company has flexible service concepts for operational readiness and no hidden costs.

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Selected references

  • On more than 70 platforms worldwide
  • More than 7.000 radios successfully integrated
  • Full adaptability to national requirements
  • Solutions for all branches of the armed forces

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