Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 06 August 2019. Collins Aerospace Systems displayed the increased its new TruNet™ AR-2000 two-channel, software-defined networking airborne radio to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The AR-2000 incorporates a dual internal power amplifiers that kills the need for external power amplification or external cooling. This reduces the size, weight, and power requirements for installation on target platforms such as tactical helicopters, Command and Control (C2) aircraft and larger unmanned aircraft.
“The AR-2000 is the latest example of our TruNet radio architecture, which has been designed for both airborne and ground radio applications. This provides our customers with a low risk, reliable and cost-effective approach to crypto modernization and multi-channel advanced networking operations no matter what the mission is,” told Troy Brunk, Vice President and General Manager of Communication, Navigation and Guidance Solutions at Collins Aerospace.
AR-2000’s features a software-defined architecture, that provides mission adjustable capabilities by software reload. The design enables the radio to adjust and expand with the different threat environment through featuring new waveforms as they emerge. the radio’s versatility can help existing Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), as well as address future requirements including networking.
The display of the AR-2000 provided simultaneous action service of two networks that attached radios of both Collins Aerospace and DoD, One channel served a multi-node networking waveform with shared voice, data, and video, while the second channel served using the SINCGARS waveform.
