[Milsurplus] US Armed forces Radios in Iraq.

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:38:28 -0800

Thales is a French company (and I won't editorialize here).

The MBITR is from Racal Communications based in FL.  The company
was bought by Thales a year or so ago.

Its encryption is what's known as Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI)
Type 1.  This means that John or Jane Q. Citizen can't buy it with the
embedded encryption system.

Check it out at:  http://www2.thalescomminc.com/details.asp?item_id=1&extraDetails=1

It's a truly amazing radio and will set you back anywhere from
$5K to $8K, depending on the version you buy.

Unfortunately, I'm not at liberty to get into its crypto capabilities, but
they're impressive and current.

Dick
COMSEC/TEMPEST engineer.

"Morrow, Michael A." wrote:
> 
> > From: Rolynn Prechtl K7DFW
> >
> > AN/PRC-148 MBITR
> >
> > http://snurl.com/12hj
> 
> I didn't see any info on the AN/PRC-148 at the URL above.  But there's some interesting info at:
> 
> http://www.thales-communications.com/catalog/pdf/mbitr.pdf
> 
> It appears to be one heck of a "do-everything" radio!  I wonder how much one costs the government with encryption and havequick frequency hopping options?
> 
> Isn't Thales a British company?
> 
> Mike / KK5F
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