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Boeing selects Leonardo’s airborne SDR for Nato’s E-3A AWACS fleet 15 April 2021 (Last Updated April 15th, 2021 14:29)
Boeing has selected Leonardo’s software-defined radio (SDR) for the Nato fleet of E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
A Nato Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Credit: Jwh.
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Boeing has selected Leonardo’s software-defined radio (SDR) for the Nato fleet of E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
The SDR to be provided by Leonardo is SWave Airborne SRT-800.
Nato owns and operates the AWACS aircraft fleet, which is under the Final Lifetime Extension Programme (FLEP) with Boeing.
SWave SRT-800 software-defined radio. (Photo: Leonardo)
A new and improved SDR from Leonardo will be installed on NATO s AWACS fleet.
Boeing has chosen the new SWave SRT-800 from Leonardo as the software-defined radio (SDR) of choice for the NATO fleet of 14 E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
As a compact and lightweight SDR, the SRT-800 can equip most manned or unmanned fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, Leonardo claimed in a 14 April announcement.
The AWACS fleet is one of the few military assets owned and operated by NATO, so it must maintain operational viability.
The SRT-800 will modernise the E-3A with secure and cyber-resilient air-to-air and air-to-ground connectivity. The SDR will be installed into the E-3A mission system, replacing avionics units such as UHF/VHF radio; SATCOM; the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System; and a crypto device.