Full Duplex Link Delivers Video, Metadata, Sensor and IP Link Coverage to the Horizon

El Cajon, CA – Enerdyne Technologies Inc. has delivered its EnerLinksII advanced video and ISR sensor digital data link system for the DRS Technologies (NYSE: DRS) NeptuneTM and Sentry® HP unmanned air vehicles. The EnerLinksII data link system addresses the need to transmit growing volumes of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance information from manned and unmanned tactical mobile vehicles and aircraft. Information gathered can include video, audio, telemetry, and data from IP-based imaging systems. The system has been proven to provide line-of-sight range coverage to 150 km (93 miles) using a small, lightweight, manually steerable antenna.

“Our initial tests with the EnerLinksII show that the system is living up to our expectations,” said Frank Morian VP, GM DRS Unmanned Technologies. “We think our customers will appreciate the new benefits that a digital data link brings to our UAV platforms.”

“Our investment in the development of digital communications technology has delivered on the goal of a comprehensive data link system for the industry,” added CEO Brandon Nixon.

The EnerLinksII system includes an Airborne Modem Receiver (AMR) and Ground Modem Receiver (GMR). The AMR integrates video compression, sensor multiplexing, modem, and RF transmission onboard the unmanned vehicle. A system first for EnerLinksII is OrderWireTM, which allows real time IP control of AMR system configuration from the ground, including parameter settings for all I/O ports. An intuitive web based GUI is used for OrderWire input. The GMR performs signal processing and decompression on the ground to provide output of all the video, audio, metadata, sensor data and IP sent from the UAV.

For more information and pricing contact sales@enerdyne.com.

About DRS Technologies
DRS, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. The company employs approximately 10,000 people.

The DRS Neptune™ is a maritime UAV, which can be launched from small surface vessels or from land, and Sentry® HP is a next generation air vehicle with expanded payload capacity and enhanced performance characteristics.

Enerdyne Technologies, based in El Cajon, CA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT). Enerdyne provides digital video data link systems for airborne and other mobile platforms within the defense and intelligence industries and also provides advanced technologies in digital video compression and high performance, ultra reliable RF transport.

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