The TCM-930 Adds Next-Generation Capabilities to L-3’s Growing Line of Microwave Radios
San Diego, CA, June 2, 2003 — L-3 Telemetry-West, a
division of L-3 Communications Corporation (NYSE:LLL), announced
today that it is introducing a breakthrough in microwave
radio systems, the TCM-930. The TCM-930 is the only radio
system on the market to provide the flexibility of a modem
and the performance of a fiber-rate wideband, point-to-point
microwave radio in a highly cost-effective and miniaturized
system able to transmit voice, data and video for an array
of applications, including disaster recovery, emergency restoration
of wideband links and other temporary telecommunications
services, such as network expansion. L-3 Telemetry-West’s
TCM-930 radio system is currently in production, with
orders pending from telecommunications companies and
military
organizations worldwide.
Building on a 30-year legacy of advanced, rugged, field-tunable
and programmable microwave radio technology, the
TCM-930 allows users to program modulation, user
interfaces and
frequencies — all
within a compact, self-contained package that will operate
in almost any environment on the face of the earth. The system’s
small size and relatively low weight make transportation
and integration fast and easy, even under the most extreme
conditions. Additionally, TCM-930 radio systems are available
in most common carrier and military frequency bands and
are fully tunable across each offered band to ensure
unparalleled flexibility and reconfigurability.
“
The availability of the TCM-930 ensures that our most valued
global common carrier customers will be able to extend their
disaster preparedness plans to handle wideband emergency
restoration, plus have a valuable network asset that will
place them in a good position to respond quickly in today’s
competitive environment,” said Bob Kerrigan, L-3 Telemetry-West’s
marketing director of microwave radio products. “What’s
more, our domestic and international military customers can
now deploy fiber-rate bandwidth radios — featuring
our legendary flexibility, durability and rugged architecture — directly
into strategic and tactical battlefield networks where
reliable performance, quality of engineering and construction
are
essential.”
The modulation techniques of the TCM-930’s internal
modem are field programmable between 4 and 256 QAM, allowing
customers to modify occupied bandwidths depending on
link distance and data rate. User interfaces are built
standard
into the radio terminal and are field adaptable from
multiple DS3/E3 to STM-1/OC3 to 100 Mbps 100BaseT. Data
rates are
variable from 19 to 200 Mbps and are applicable for NRZ
clock and data interfaces, as well as standard HDTV Direct
Broadcast
Video (DVB) interfaces. The radio terminal can be configured
as a duplex transceiver, or as transmitter and receiver
terminals for simplex operation. Customer interface options
can be
changed in the field by exchanging a modem daughter card
and customer interface panel.
L-3 Communications Telemetry-West is the world’s premier
provider of custom flight hardware and systems solutions
for missile telemetry/flight termination and spacecraft telemetry,
tracking and control (TT&C), as well as tactical intelligence
receivers and terrestrial HF and microwave radios. Additionally,
Telemetry-West leads the telemetry and test industry in the
design and manufacture of advanced real-time commercial-off-the-shelf
ground hardware and software solutions for spacecraft command
and control, satellite manufacturing and on-orbit operations,
launch testing and monitoring, flight test, weapons test
and development, surveillance and detection and general-purpose
data acquisition. All solutions are offered with complete
systems engineering and integration services and are backed
by a global customer support organization. The company has
more than 50 years of experience in telemetry, radio and
data acquisition technology and serves the world’s
major aerospace and telecommunications organizations.
To learn more about L-3 Telemetry-West, please visit
the company’s Web site at www.L-3Com.com/tw.
Headquartered in New York
City, L-3 Communications is a leading merchant supplier
of secure communications systems and products, avionics
and ocean products, training products, microwave components
and telemetry, instrumentation, space and wireless products.
Its customers include the Department of Defense, selected
US government intelligence agencies, aerospace prime contractors
and commercial telecommunications and wireless customers.
To learn more about L-3
Communications and its Telemetry & Instrumentation
division, please visit the company's Web site
at www.L-3Com.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
Except for historical information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements set forth above
involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from any such
statement, including the risks and uncertainties discussed
in the company's Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for
Forward-looking Statements included in the company's recent
filings, including Forms 10-K and 10-Q, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Contact: Vivian Shelton
Communications & Public Affairs
L-3 Telemetry Group
Contact: Bob Kerrigan
Marketing Director, Microwave Radio Products
L-3 Telemetry-West
858-694-7527
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