LAKEHURST, N.J. – U.S. Navy communications experts needed multiband RF and microwave frequency amplifiers to boost radio performance in special forces vehicles. They found a solution from Tricom Research Inc. in Irvine, Calif.
Officials of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., has announced an $8.8 million five-year contract to Tricom Research for as many as 756 75-watt multi-band radio amplifiers. 2500 watt 4 channel amp
These vehicle-mount amplifiers are to increase performance for vehicular tactical radios in the very-high frequency (VHF) and ultra-high frequency (UHF) ranges for the U.S. Special Operations Command family of specialized operations vehicles.
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Tricom Research designs the TCR-MBA-75 and Bias Tee 2 30-to-512 MHz 30--, 50-, and 75-Watt Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA)-certified multi-band power amplifier for vehicular, airborne, maritime, or fixed-station applications. DAMA is a communication channel access technology that offers easy and proactive sharing of channels among several users and networks.
On this contract Tricom Research will do the work in Irvine, Calif., and should be finished by May 2029. For more information contact Tricom Research online at https://tricomresearch.com, or the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division-Lakehurst at www.navair.navy.mil/lakehurst.
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