DOD mobile satellite, radio communications will use 3G.(Military)(InterDigital Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)

2.5G-3G, February, 2005

Third-generation wireless chip designs and software for the Defense Department's narrowband satellite communications and joint tactical radios will be ready within about 18 months, according to InterDigital Communications Corp.'s Rip Tilden.

Tilden, InterDigital's chief operating officer, said the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, company is designing the 3G wireless technology for General Dynamics C4 Systems of Scottsdale, Arizona, which is part of a multivendor team led by the prime Mobile User Objective System satellite contractor, Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Sunnyvale, California.

The Navy chose Lockheed in September for the $3 billion MUOS deal. The first of the narrowband tactical communications satellites is supposed to launch around 2010....

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