JAGUAR is in service with the British Army and US Navy. Over 30 nations are currently using this equipment and sales to date are believed to be in excess of £130 million.
NCRS The NCRS HF communications system was accepted into service in 1995, and is known to be operated by 32 Signal Regiment (V) in Scotland. A total of 104 NCRS stations were made, consisting of 89 trailer mounted mobile stations and 15 static, transportable stations. All the stations are identical with the exception of five mobile stations which have high power radios.
NCRS can provide a powerful national network capable of operating in the most extreme circumstances. The network can be deployed at short notice to support a wide range of national operations. NCRS stations include a variety of mobile, static, high and low powered types. Each detachment has a crew of six.
MOULD Mould is an insecure VHF radio system that uses hilltop sites to provide national radio coverage. The radios are normally grouped together to form regional radio nets.
BRAHMS This is a voice encryption terminal equipment that provides secure speech over a civil or military phone system.
DUST An encrypted telegraph system providing secure telegraph over a civil or military bearer system. ARMY FIXED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
The peacetime management of the Army depends heavily on effective communications . The Royal Signals Army Fixed Telecommunication System (AFTS) provides all the telephone, telegraph, facsimile, data systems and radio and line links for the Army in the United Kingdom.
AFTS is operated and maintained by 2 (National Communications) Brigade and the system serves over 40,000 subscribers. The staff required to operate the AFTS is approximately 1,100 of whom 40 per cent are military personnel, who are located all over the UK in 6 (Fixed Service) Signal Squadrons supported by operational, engineering, planning and co-ordination staff at Headquarters 2 (NC) Brigade at Corsham in Wiltshire. One of the ADP systems in the UK is MAPPER, which stands for Maintenance, Preparation and Presentation of Executive Reports. This system is used both as a peacetime management aid to staffs in major headquarters and for command and control of Military Home Defence. It was expanded for use in the Gulf War, when MAPPER stations were deployed to Saudi Arabia and linked back to the United Kingdom. Its success in the Gulf has led to the system being used in post Gulf War operations including the Balkans. In Germany, the Telecommunications Group Headquarters based at Rheindahlen, provides a sophisticated fixed communications system, based on the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
Project Rodin, which is intended to modernise the fixed communications system for both the Army and the RAF in Germany, will, when introduced, use state of the art digital technology and will be able to interact with other German and British military and civilian networks. The Communications Projects Division (CPD) provides engineering support for military fixed communications systems worldwide. CPD is part of the Royal School of Signals at Blandford in Dorset. |