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Publication: Test & Measurement World
Publication Date: 01-OCT-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Aeroflex wins Marine Corps contract for radio test systems

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Aeroflex at Autotestcon 2009 (September 14-17, Anaheim, CA) announced that the US Department of Defense has awarded the company a five-year, $40.5 million contract to supply GRMATS (ground radio maintenance automatic test systems) equipment to the US Marine Corps. Aeroflex will supply the Marine Corps with its new 7200 CATS (configurable automated test set), a commercial off-the-shelf platform for testing software-defined radios and other high-technology devices.

"With its modular, standards-based design, the 7200 CATS makes radio testing future-proof," said Jeff Gillum, VP and GM, Aeroflex Wichita. "We can test any radio standard today, and within the same benchtop box, change test capabilities for any radio or module technology planned for future deployment."

The 7200 combines industry-standard hardware modules and multigigabit-per-second data buses with a plug-and-play software architecture. The test set is based on the Aeroflex Common Platform, which was designed to be compatible with the software communications architecture used by the JTRS...

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