Jane’s Military Communications

Jane's Military Communications provides all the details you need on the latest advances in communications systems and equipment designed for, and fielded by, armed forces around the world. This authoritative resource contains detailed descriptions of each system's development programme, its operating parameters, how it works in battlefield conditions, its capacity to integrate with other systems, plus, frequencies, transmission rates, dimensions, power supply and environmental performance, giving you the most comprehensive military communications information resource available.

The depth and breadth of information covers:

• Tactical and ground-based communications
• Terrestrial microwave and tropospheric scatter
• Naval, air force and satellite communications systems and equipment
• Line and transmission systems
• Data, text, audio and facsimile
• Surveillance and signal analysis
• Encryption and security
• Direction-finding and jamming
• Laser, optical and video

Different sections provide in-depth detail covering:

• Air Force Communications
• An Numbered Communications Equipment
• Analysis
• Audio
• Contractors
• Data And Text
• Designation Of Radio Emissions
• Direction-Finding
• Encryption And Security
• Facsimile
• Frequency Bands And Designations
• Glossary
• Ground-Based Communications
• Jamming And Miscellaneous
• Laser, Optical And Video
• Line And Transmission Systems
• Naval Systems And Equipment
• Satellite Systems And Equipment
• Surveillance And Signal Analysis
• Systems
• Tactical Communications
• Terrestrial Microwave And Tropospheric Scatter

Sections

• Air force communications
• An numbered communications equipment
• Analysis
• Audio
• Contractors
• Data and text
• Designation of radio emissions
• Direction-finding
• Encryption and security
• Facsimile
• Frequency bands and designations
• Glossary
• Ground-based communications
• Jamming and miscellaneous
• Laser, optical and video
• Line and transmission systems
• Naval systems and equipment
• Satellite systems and equipment
• Surveillance and signal analysis
• Systems
• Tactical communications
• Terrestrial microwave and tropospheric scatter

Content Structure

Jane’s Military Communications is a reference work detailing communication systems and equipment designed for, and fielded by, armed forces around the world. The criteria for inclusion are that the systems and equipment should have military communications applications, and should recently have been in service or currently be in development, production or military use.

Structure
The book is divided into 16 main sections generally based on the application area of the system or equipment. These sections are: Tactical communications; Ground-based communications; Terrestrial microwave and tropospheric scatter; Naval systems and equipment; Air Force communications; Satellite systems and equipment; Line and transmission systems; Data and text; Encryption and security; Surveillance and signal analysis; Direction-finding; Jamming and miscellaneous; Facsimile; Audio; Laser, optical and video; and integrated Systems.

Some entries could be placed in two or more sections as, for instance, in the case of a satellite-based tactical voice and data system. Our aim has been consistency in the location of entries, although we make no claim to infallibility in this particular.

Record Structure
Within each main section entries are arranged alphabetically by country of manufacture or, occasionally, deployment. For each country, entries are listed numerically or alphabetically by type number or name. Wherever possible entries are structured as follows:

• Description - Information on function, development and technical description.
• Specifications - Lists the main technical parameters of the system.
• Status - Information on whether the system is under development, in production, has been sold to the military, or is in service and so on.
• Contractor - Lists brief details of main contractor(s).

Images
Photographs are provided for each equipment wherever possible. Line drawings and graphics are also provided in some cases. Images are annotated with a seven-digit number which uniquely identifies them in Jane’s image database.

Other Information
In addition to the main sections, there are a glossary of terms, useful acronyms and code names, lists of common frequency bands and designations, lists of radio emission designations and an account of the AN numbering system. Jane’s Military Communications also contains: a directory listing the names, addresses and contact numbers of the relevant manufacturers and contractors; and two indexes, one by manufacturer/contractor and one alphabetical.

Subscribers to the online version of Jane’s Military Communications also have access to an updated list of the end users/purchasers of particular systems and equipment.

Commonly Used Terms:
Ampère, unit of electrical current, Advanced Airborne National Command Post (US), Automatic Antenna Tuning Unit, Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center (US), Alternating Current, Automatic Call Distribution, Allied Command Europe Automated Command Control and Information System (NATO), tropospheric scatter communications network (NATO), Acknowledgement, relating to audible sound waves; device permitting transmission of data over telephone circuit without making fixed connection to line, portion of antenna system energised by transmitter, Asynchronous Digital Combiner, Automatic Direction-Finding, Asynchronous Data Modem, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, Airborne Data Terminal or Automatic Data Transmission, Audio Frequency, Automatic Frequency Control, Air Force Satellite Communications (US), Audio Frequency Shift Keying, Automatic Gain Control, Above Ground Level, Address Indicator Group, Anti-Jamming, Automatic Level Control, sets of symbols consisting of characters and numbers, Amplitude Modulation, AM Equivalent, battery capacity in terms of number of hours at rated current, loudness, strength or volume of signal; modulation where amplitude of signal is characteristically varied to transmit intelligence, Above Mean Sea Level, simulation of physical process; transmission of continuous variable signal, conversion of physical speech waves into sympathetic electrical signals for transmission, for example, over telephone system, Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal (US), American National Standards Institute, aperiodic, beam, conical, conifan, dipole, discone, helical, loop, parabolic, umbrella, whip, Armoured Personnel Carrier, Application Program Interface, Aeronautic Radio Incorporated, packet switched data communications network (US), Automatic Repeat Request, American Standard Code for Information Interchange (US), Advanced Sonobuoy Communications Link (US), Automatic Send/Receive, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Army Tactical Communications System (US), Air Traffic Control, Airborne Tactical Data System (US), Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Air-Transportable Racking, decrease in power of signal over communications channel, Antenna Tuning Unit, Australian Tactical Command Support System, Automatic Digital Network (US), Automatische Korpsstamunetz Tactical Communications System (Germany), feature of radio receiver that compensates for small variations in received signal frequency, feature of receiver that compensates for small variations in received signal strength, Automatic Secure Voice Communications System (US), Automatic Voice Network (US), Airborne Warning and Control System (US), Bel (preferred); unit of transmission giving ratio of 2 powers, Belgian CNR system, difference between highest and lowest frequencies which can be transmitted over communications channel, fixed land station communicating with one or more mobile stations, unit of signalling or modulation corresponding to rate of 1 signal element per second, BroadBand Packet Radio, Binary Coded Decimal, angular measure of transverse section of beam, Bit Error Rate, Beat Frequency Oscillator, unit of information derived from knowledge of occurrence of 1 or 2 equi-probables, 0 or 1, on or off and so on, appended to an ITU standard to denote a second version of that standard, number of bits transmitted over communication channel per second, Built-In Test Equipment, British Army CNR system, Binary Phase Shift Keying, Basic Rate Interface (ISDN), bandwidth, combination of 8 bits, continuous frequency capable of modulation by information bearing signal, Command Activated Sonobuoy System, Common Battery, Command, Control and Communications, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Closed Circuit Television, Code Division Multiple Access, Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications organisations, circuit or means of transmission between 2 identifiable physical locations, British Army tactical communications equipment (UK), Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, Communications Nodal Control Element, Communications, Navigation and Identification (US), Combat Net Radio, Central Office, coder/decoder, Communications Intelligence, Communications Security, Communications Simulator, Continental United States, Commercial Off The Shelf, Characters Per Line, Characters Per Second, Central Processing Unit, Cyclic Redundancy Check, Cathode Ray Tube, Communications Security Control Group (US), Common User Digital Information Exchange System (US), movement of electricity, alternating (AC), direct (DC), Continuously Variable Slope Delta (modulation), Continuous Wave, Demand Assigned Multiple Access, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US), any representation, such as digital or analogue signals, to which meaning might be assigned, signal representing set of digits used to convey information or specific functions, movement of information in coded form over transmission system, decibel, decibel relative to 1 milliwatt, signal-to-test level ratio, DataBase Management System, decibel relative to specified reference noise, decibel relative to reference noise, C-message weighted, decibel relative to reference noise, C-message weighted zero transmission, decibel relative to 1 V per m, decibel relative to 1 W, Direct Current, Data Communications Equipment, Digital Communications Processor, one-tenth of a bel, Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications, recovery of original modulating wave from modulated wave, Direction-Finding, Direction-Finder, transmission of data characters coded into discrete separate pulses or signal levels, Defense Information Systems Agency, reflector with surface part of sphere or paraboloid of revolution, single received signal derived from combination of, or selection from, number of transmission channels or paths, Direct Memory Access, Digital Message Device (US), Digital Non-secure Voice Terminal, Differential Phase Shift Keying, Defense Satellite Communications System (US), Digital Signal Processing, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum, Digital Subscriber Voice Terminal, Data Terminal Equipment, Dual Tone MultiFrequency, transmission in both directions simultaneously, Digital Versatile Disc, or Digital Video Disc, type of connector, 32-channel 2.048 Mbits/s PCM system (European), Electronic Counter-CounterMeasures, Electronic CounterMeasures, Enhanced Digital Radio, Extra High Frequency, automatic data processing system (Germany), Equivalent or Effective Isotropic Radiated Power, Extra Low Frequency, Electronic Intelligence, signalling method between junction equipment where E is the receive lead and M the transmit lead, ElectroMagnetic Compatibility, ElectroMotive Force, ElectroMagnetic Interference, Enhanced MEECN Message Processing System (US), ElectroMagnetic Pulse, Engineering Order-Wire, Electronic Protection Measures, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, unit of traffic flow in telephone system defined as number of calls originated during period multiplied by average holding time of call in terms of period, 1 Erlang being equivalent to traffic flow in 1 circuit continuously occupied, Effective Radiated Power, system using error-detecting code and requesting retransmission on detection of error, Electronic Support Measures, European Telecommunications Standards Institute, European Command (NATO), European Communications, Electronic Warfare, switching centre for interconnecting calls, Fiber Distributed Data Interface, Frequency-Division Multiplex, Frequency-Division Multiple Access, Forward Error Correction, Field Effect Transistor, Fixed Frequency, Frequency-Hopping, Fleet Satellite Communications (US), Frequency Modulation, Frame Relay, number of times periodic phenomenon repeats itself in unit time, audio, carrier, extremely low frequency, extremely high frequency, high, intermediate, low, medium, radio (RF), super high frequency, ultra high frequency, very high, very low, bandwidth of transmission frequency subdivided into smaller bandwidths to provide more communication channels, angle modulation of carrier in which instantaneous frequency of modulated wave differs from carrier frequency by amount proportional to instantaneous value of modulating wave, modulation in which different frequencies are used to represent binary 1 and 0 value of modulating wave, File Transfer Protocol, Giga (one thousand million), gram, acceleration due to gravity (9.81 m/s2), Global Command and Control System, Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion, Government Off The Shelf, General Purpose Interface Bus, Global Positioning System, radio wave, characteristics of which are affected by proximity to ground, Global System for Mobile communications, gain/temperature, Graphical User Interface, hour, transmission in both directions, but not simultaneously, anti-jam radio system (US), High-level Data Link Control, High-Altitude ElectroMagnetic Pulse (US), automatic data processing system (Germany), unit of measurement of signal frequency, also reciprocal of wavelength, High Frequency, Human Machine Interface, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, horse power, Human Intelligence, High-Volume Information Transfer (US), hardware, Integrated Circuit, Integrated Communications System (UK), Intermediate Frequency, Instrument Landing System, property of element of circuit which restricts alternating current flow, Intelligent Network, Integrated Nuclear Communications Assessment (US), Input/Output, Internet Protocol, Integrated Radio Room (US), Integrated Services Digital Network, International Telecommunications Union, Integrated Vehicle Communications System (US), Integrated Voice Switched Network (NATO), Jamming Guarded Radio VHF Frequency-Hopping Radio System (UK), Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems (US), Joint Photographic Experts Group, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (US), Joint Tactical Radio System (US), degree Kelvin, kilo (one thousand), Keyboard Send/Receive, Local Area Network, Local Battery, Liquid Crystal Display, Light Emitting Diode, Low Frequency, Lithium-Ion, Low Noise Amplifier, Line Of Sight, Linear Power Amplifier, Low Probability of Intercept, Lines Per Minute, Link Quality Analysis, Least Replaceable Unit, Lower SideBand, Large Scale Integration, Mega (one million), Milli (one thousandth), Machine-to-Machine, Machine-to-Person, Metropolitan Area Network, Mobile Adhoc Network, Mobile Automatic Telephone System (Various), maximum, Modulated Continuous Wave, Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (US), Multiple Engineering Order-Wire, Medium Frequency, Modular Integrated Communications and Navigation System (US), Multifunction Information Distribution System (NATO), derived from terms modulation and demodulation; conversion of digital output from data transmission terminal to voice frequency signals, for transmission over analogue speech network and back again into digital form, for acceptance by data terminal at reception end, process by which essential characteristics of signal wave are impressed on carrier wave, ex-Soviet satellites (RFAS), Man-On-the-Move Communications System (US), Metal Oxide Semi-conductor, Modified-, Modifiable- or Military-Off-The-Shelf, Military Operations in Urban Terrain, MultiRole Combat Aircraft, Mean Sea Level, Mean Time Between Failures, Mean Time To Repair, use of common channel to make 2 or more channels, either by dividing frequency band of common channel into narrower bands (FDM) or by allotting it in turn to different intermittent channels (TDM), multiplexer, Newton, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Network Based Defence, NarrowBand Secure Voice, Network-Centric Warfare, Non-Developmental Item, National Emergency Airborne Command Post (US), Network Enabled Capability, Nuclear ElectroMagnetic Pulse, Nickel-Cadmium, NATO Integrated Communications System (NATO), NATO Integrated Communications System Management Agency (NATO), National Military Command System (US), any point, line or surface in distributed field of standing wave at which some specified variable attains zero or minimum magnitude, Non-Return to Zero, Night Vision Goggles, Order of Battle, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, Operations Other Than War, equipment capable of maintaining electrical or mechanical oscillations, Over-The-Air Rekeying, Person-to-Person, or Peer-to-Peer, Power Amplifier, Private Automatic Branch Exchange, Private Branch Exchange, Printed Circuit Board, Pulse Code Modulation, Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, average power supplied to antenna, transmission line or artificial load by transmitter during 1 radio frequency cycle at highest crest of modulation envelope, Phase Locked Loop, Position Location and Reporting System (US), Phase Modulation, Private Mobile Radio, or Professional Mobile Radio, peak-to-peak, Parts Per Million, Primary Rate Interface (ISDN), Programmable Read Only Memory, Phase Shift Keying, Public Switched Telephone Network, tactical mobile area communications system (UK), Press-To-Talk, or Post-Telegraph and Telephone administration, means of transmitting speech (analogue) in binary coded form over digital link, Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, Random Access Memory, Radio Access Point, Radioteletype, combination of 1 or more amplifiers and associated equipment to boost signals in communications circuits, Radio Frequency, Réseau Integre de Transmission Automatique (France), Radio Interface Unit, Receive Only, Read Only Memory, Revolutions Per Minute, Radioteletype, Radio Wire Integration, receive, second, Strategic Air Command Automated Command Control System (US), Strategic Air Command Digital Network (US), State-of-the-Art Medium Terminals (US), Search And Rescue Beacon Equipment (UK), Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System, shipborne SATCOM terminal (UK), Single Channel Radio Access, Small Computer System Interface, Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, Software Defined Radio, ability of receiver to discriminate between desired signal and co-existent undesired signals at other frequencies, characteristic of receiver which determines minimum usable input, generally expressed in terms of signal-to-noise ratio, Single Engineering Order-Wire, Super High Frequency, range of frequencies occupied by spectral components resulting from modulation of carrier wave by signal, double (DSB), independent (ISB), lower (LSB), single (SSB), upper (USB), Signals Intelligence, Simultaneous Operation, circuit permitting transmission of signals in either direction but not simultaneously, Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System VHF (US), Session Initiation Protocol, British military communications satellite (UK), Simple Network Management Protocol, Signal-to-Noise Ratio; ratio of magnitude of signal to that of noise, Synchronous Optical NETwork, Single-Phase, Stored Program Control, Sound Pressure Level, Standard Remote Terminal (US), ability of radio receiver to remain on exact frequency, Standardisation Agreement (NATO abbreviation), software, Standing Wave Ratio, 24-channel 1.544 Mbits/s PCM system (US), airborne radio relay system (US), Tactical Area Communications System (Germany), Telegraph Automatic Routeing Equipment (NATO), Telegraph Automatic Routeing in the Field (UK), Transformational Communications Architecture (TCA), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, Time-Division Multiplex, Time Division Multiple Access, Transient ElectroMagnetic Pulse Emanation Standard, process whereby channel capable of relatively high information transfer rate (in bits/s) is divided into number of time slots to support number of low-speed data channels, Terrestrial Trunked Radio, digital PMR standard defined in Tetrapol Publicity Available Specification (PAS), Tactical Operations Center (US), Tactical Operations System (US), Transmission Security, joint tactical communications system (US), propagation of radio waves by scattering from irregularities or discontinuities in atmospheric properties within troposphere, Transistor-Transistor Logic, Teletypewriter, Travelling Wave Tube, transmit, Ultra-High Frequency, computer operating system developed by AT&T, Uninterruptible Power Supply, volt, Voltage or Voice Controlled Oscillator, Video or Visual Display Unit, Voice Frequency, Variable Frequency Oscillator, Very High Frequency, Very High Speed Integrated Circuit, tactical secure speech equipment (US), Vehicle Interface Unit, Very Low Frequency, Very Large Scale Integration, Voice over IP, VHF Omnidirectional Radio range, voice operated transmission or switch, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio, Watt, Wide Area Network, distance between 2 successive points of periodic wave in direction of propagation, White House Communications Agency (US), a wireless technology trademarked by the Wi-Fi Alliance®, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, 32-bit version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Wireless Local Area Network, Words Per Minute, World Wide Military Command and Control System (US), transmitter off, transmitter on, micro (one millionth), ohm, unit of electrical resistance or impedance

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