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Spectrum Signal Awarded Contract for NASA-Sponsored Satellite Search and Rescue System |
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COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 2/Satnews Daily/ ¾ Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSi) has contracted Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc. to supply an integrated satellite communications subsystem for a satellite-based search and rescue application. The subsystem will form part of a Distress Alerting Satellite System (DASS) Developmental Local User Terminal (DLUT) being developed under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center.
The DLUT system will utilize orbiting operational global positioning satellites to provide real time global distress detection and location information on a worldwide basis. According to Spectrum Signal, this system is expected to virtually eliminate terrain blockage thereby enabling more accurate locating capabilities and faster response times in critical situations. The system will also have the potential to provide two-way, non-vocal digital messaging to inform the sender that the beacon alert message has been received.
The initial phase of development of the DLUT is scheduled to be complete by early 2005. Subsequent phases are anticipated in 2005 and 2006 in order to refine the system to NASA's specific requirements. TSi plans to begin commercializing the system in late 2005.
Spectrum's integrated satellite communications subsystem incorporates the company's next generation XMC-3310 module. The RapidIO based XMC-3310 module incorporates multiple Xilinx(R) Virtex-II Pro field programmable gate arrays and Analog Devices' analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, Spectrum Signal said.
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