Military radio garners Type-1 NSA certification

Rockwell Collins’ military ground radio achieved a major milestone recently as the National Security Agency (NSA) issued the company’s device a Type-1 certification.

Officials said certification for the AN/PRC-162(V)1 RT-2048(C)U validates that the radio provides protected handling of classified information up to and including Top Secret, as required for successful military operations.

“The NSA certification is a big step on our journey to provide troops with the latest communications technology available for operating in a more complex, multi-domain battlespace,” said Troy Brunk, vice president and general manager of Communication, Navigation and Electronic Warfare Solutions for Rockwell Collins. “We’ve leveraged decades of proven experience in airborne communications to develop a ground radio that will provide users with a heightened level of situational awareness and a tactical advantage.”

Rockwell Collins said the two-channel ground radio, both man-portable and vehicle-mountable, enables U.S. Armed Forces to tap into new communications capabilities such as the U.S. Department of Defense’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) while maintaining interoperability with legacy waveforms.

The radio is part of the company’s TruNet communications family of products, which includes ground and airborne radios, advanced networking waveforms, applications, support and services that enable ground and airborne elements to exchange critical data, images, voice and video in real time.