BAE Systems’ next-generation Starfire™ product line radios provide secure anti-jam, voice, and data communications in a compact radio set. Based on a common processor architecture, the Starfire™ family of software-defined radio (SDR) communications systems enable software-only upgrades. These modern radios are the same form factor and provide extensive reserve capacity to support a cost-effective path to future enhancements for fixed- and rotary-wing platforms.
Starfire products:
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AN/ARC-164A, MXF-4059 Radio
- AN/ARC-232A, MXF-4058 Radio
Future products:
- AN/ARC-231, MXF-4000 Series Radio
- AN/ARC-222, MXF-626N Radio
Features
- Baseline configured for heritage frequency bands, AM/FM, voice and data with air traffic control, maritime and hailing modes, as well as 8.33 kHz, 5 kHz and 25 kHz channel spacing with frequency range extendable to 2 GHz.
- Supports heritage and new ancillary devices such as controls, mounts, antennas, external cryptographic units (KY-58/M, KY/SY-100/M, others), and embedded, commercial, software based encryption options.
- Ethernet control and maintenance interface compatibility with USB, MIL-STD-1553, RS-422/232.
Benefits
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Qualified to military standards for domestic and international interoperability for NATO and coalition military airborne applications.
- Designed with reserve capacity for future enhancements such as civil communications, APCO 25, and TETRA.
- Supports retransmission in repeater and cross-banding modes of main and independent guard receivers improving interoperability.
- Software programmability permits a broad range of configurations with or without electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM) such as SATURN, HAVE QUICK, SINCGARS, or a national ECCM.
Communications are critical, which is why we designed our Starfire airborne radios to be programmable, extendable, and adaptable to your specific needs. Download our data sheets to learn more.
To learn more about our products, please reach out to us directly using the contact information listed below.
For more information about ARC-231 please call 1-877-227-2231 or email us at Radiosupport.ES@BAESystems.us
For more information about PSC-5 variants please call 1-800-227-1828 or email us at Radiosupport.ES@BAESystems.us