Bittium

Overview

Bittium Tough SDR Handheld™ is a next generation Software Defined Radio (SDR) based tactical handheld radio for individual soldiers, such as squad or platoon leader. With the radio it is possible to bring broadband data transfer and voice to mobile troops starting from brigade level and all the way across the battlefield. This improves the performance and the effectiveness of the tactical troops, and leading the troops is easier based on the up-to-date situational awareness and more reliable connections.

With Bittium Tough SDR Handheld troops can communicate securely over narrowband and wideband waveforms. The radio can flexibly use the best performing waveform considering the conditions and the mission. The uniquely wide range of frequency bands in the radios improves combat survivability. Using several waveforms improves compatibility and enables operations on different levels and missions. Also legacy and national proprietary waveforms can be seamlessly ported to the radio with national COMSEC and TRANSEC.

The radio belongs to the Bittium Tough SDR product family that consists of two advanced tactical radio products meant for military use.

Bittium Tough SDR Handheld™
Bittium Tough SDR Vehicular™

The radios provide a uniquely wide frequency range, 30-2500MHz, across several frequency bands. Together with flexible configuration options and routing networks, even thousands of radios in one network are supported.

The radios are compatible with the Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network™ (TAC WIN) and together with SDR based system, it is possible to bring broadband data and voice to all mobile troops starting from brigade level and all the way across the battlefield.

Benefits

Frequency Agility

Uniquely wide frequency range providing frequency agility and less interference

Support for Different Waveforms

Support for several different waveforms with seamless porting also for legacy and national proprietary waveforms

Easy Operation

Best-in-class user interface and usability for easy operation

Several Routing Networks

Support for several routing networks and even thousands of radios in one network

Flexible Integration of Applications

Application sandbox for flexible integration of C2 applications, such as BMS and blue force tracking

Secure

Access to information security implementation and certification both nationally and internationally

Waveforms

Bittium TAC WIN Waveform™

Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network (TAC WIN) Waveform connects the users as part of the tactical broadband network, which enables transmitting calls, messages and data in real time throughout the whole network.

Key features

High-data-rate
Slow/fast frequency hopping
Operation without GNSS
Network time distribution via Air Interface
Optimized interference cancellation algorithms
Supported bandwidths: 5 / 10 / 20 MHz
QoS based network radio resource management
Supports up to 1000 nodes in one network

Bittium Narrowband Waveform™

Bittium Narrowband Waveform™ enables transmitting and receiving voice and messages from command network reliably even with long communication ranges and in congested networks.

Key features

Tactical network for soldiers and vehicles
Typical network size up to 25 radios
Prioritized CNR voice
Radio silence
Frequency hopping
Data encryption

ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform

In addition to the Bittium's proprietary waveforms, Bittium is a National Champion in the ESSOR program.

ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform enables broadband data transfer, cooperation and direct communications also between different national troops in international joint operations, starting already from the patrol level.

Key features

Enables broadband data transfer, cooperation and direct communications between different national troops in coalition operations starting already from the patrol level
Interoperable, secure, MANET radio transmission network
Frequency range 225-400 MHz (extensible)
1,25 MHz bandwidth, frequency hopping, frequency diversity (automatic establishment of parallel communications on different frequency channels)

About ESSOR

The aim of the ESSOR program is to develop the European Software Defined Radio technology in order to improve the capabilities for cooperation in coalition operations. The first phase of the programme was successfully completed in 2015. In addition to the European High Data Rate Waveform, the first phase of the program produced and validated the definition for the European Software Defined Radio Architecture which was ported and qualified on six different European platforms. The following ESSOR OC1 phase aims to enhance the operational capabilities of the ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform (HDR WF), developed in the previous phase of the ESSOR programme, in order to meet the most demanding requirements of the battlefield with secure, high capacity land tactical communications.