Bittium receives order from Finnish Defence Forces for tactical radios

Land February 24, 2020

Communications firm Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces for tactical radios to continue ESSOR Waveform Porting.

Finnish communications firm Bittium received the order for tactical radios to continue the ESSOR (European Secure SOftware-defined Radio) programme. Bittium received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces to continue porting the European ESSOR programmes’ OC1 (Operational Capability 1) wideband waveform to the Bittium Tough SDR radios that will be delivered to the Finnish Defence Forces.

The porting of the waveform to the national software-defined radios enables compatibility between radios used in European coalition operations, in accordance with the goals of the ESSOR programme. The ESSOR OC1 phase has continued the ESSOR programme, started in 2009, with the aim of enhancing the operational capabilities of the ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform (HDR WF) meant for joint operations of different national troops.

With the purchase order, the Finnish Defence Forces are taking up an option for the year 2020 from a purchase order announced in a press release on April 5, 2019. The purchase order does not affect Bittium’s financial outlook for the year 2020 published in the Financial Statement Bulletin 2019 on February 13, 2020.

The Bittium Tough SDR product family of tactical radios consists of Bittium Tough SDR Handheld™, tactical handheld radio for individual soldiers, and Bittium Tough SDR Vehicular™, tactical radio for vehicle installations. Bittium Tough SDR products are designed to produce and share real-time situational awareness (location, image, voice, video, and sensor data) to all levels of the organisation.

Using several waveforms, even simultaneously, can improve compatibility and enables operations on different levels and missions. Together with the SDR based Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network™ (TAC WIN) system, used for forming a tactical broadband mobile IP backbone network, it is possible to bring broadband data and voice to all mobile troops starting from brigade level and all the way across the battlefield.

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