Lightweight Multiband Airborne Radio (LMAR)

The Lightweight Multiband Airborne Radio (LMAR) is a repackaged Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Enhanced Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (MBITR), or JEM, with the proper power conditioning and filtering for airborne applications. The LMAR was developed primarily for Unattended Airborne Vehicle (UAV) applications. It supports the functionality of the JEM, which is capable of loading a wide range of encryption and waveform types.

Thales Communications is providing a unique version of the LMAR to the UK’s Ministry of Defence Watchkeeper program. Watchkeeper will provide the UK armed forces with an essential Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability based on an unmanned air vehicle UAV system and will be a key component of the UK's Network Enabled Capability.

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Combat SkySat

Thales Communications has participated in a series of tests and demonstrations that have proven that balloons operating in the near-space arena can effectively provide warfighters on the ground with beyond-line-of-sight communications capabilities. Combat SkySat, a US Air Force Space Battlelab initiative, utilizes two Thales Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radios (MBITRs) to enable extended range communications. This capability could benefit not only warfighters in a theater of war but, further, extend to homeland security and emergency relief efforts in situations such as Hurricane Katrina.

AN/PRC-148 MBITR and Near Space
Air Force Space Today April 2006
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AN/PRC-148 MBITR and Combat SkySat
Air Force Space Battlelab Video
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