SDR12-WInnComm-Europe Exhibitors

Etherstack is a wireless technology company specialising in waveforms, software defined radio, wide area IP soft-switched core networks and cryptographic products. Etherstack software is used on fielded radio equipment around the world. As an engineering company, Etherstack works closely with clients to achieve technical excellence and reduce risk, cost and time to market.

GateHouse specializes in technical software development and system integration for advanced satellite communications and tracking systems. GateHouse is the leading independent provider of complete embedded software for Inmarsat BGAN terminals and a Software Defined Radio competence centre providing a BGAN waveform.

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $6 billion of annual revenue and more than 16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services. 

Inmarsat has been at the forefront of mobile satellite services for more than 32 years and is the leading provider of global voice, data and IP communications solutions. We deliver mission-critical communications where terrestrial networks don't go or are ineffective. Inmarsat owns and operates a fleet of 11 satellites providing seamless mobile voice and data communications around the world, enabling users to make phone calls or connect to the internet - whenever and wherever they need - on land, at sea or in the air. We also offer unrivalled expertise in a range of cross-platform mobile and fixed satellite, microwave and wireless technologies.

National Instruments transforms the way engineers and scientists around the world design, prototype, and deploy systems for test, control, and embedded design applications. Using NI open graphical programming software and modular hardware, customers at more than 30,000 companies annually simplify development, increase productivity, and dramatically reduce time to market. From testing next-generation gaming systems to creating breakthrough medical devices, NI customers continuously develop innovative technologies that impact millions of people.

Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) is the global provider of high assurance communications middleware solutions for software defined radios (SDR). The ORBexpress product family is the most widely deployed communication framework for use in complex and demanding environments where failure is not an option. The ORBexpress architecture is used in hundreds of thousands of software defined radios already deployed in the field around the world. ORBexpress is a secure high performance implementation of the real-time CORBA standard.  It is the first communications middleware to be evaluated under the Common Criteria, the world’s most widely adopted security certification standard.

For more information and product evaluations, visit www.ois.com. 

PrismTech is an acknowledged leader in Software Defined Radio infrastructure solutions. Our Spectra product suite for SDR/SCA developers includes:

• Spectra CX - a model-driven development tool that greatly simplifies, accelerates, and validates the SCA development process.
• Spectra OE - a high-performance, low-overhead, core framework and middleware implementation that runs on any mix of GPP, DSP, and FPGA processor technologies.

The company counts about 7.500 workers and headquarters in Genoa.

SELEX Elsag is one of Finmeccanica’s three strategic poles within the electronics sector for defense, along with SELEX Sistemi Integrati – which works within defense, homeland security and surface radars circles – and SELEX Galileo – avionic and electro-optics competences center. In addition to these, DRS is a US company specialized in defense and security electronics - particularly within C4I – and electro-optics for ground and ISTAR applications, as well as within signal intelligence systems.

System-on-Chip Engineering (SoC-e) offers specialized design services and products based on reconfigurable devices. SoC-e is focused on the following sectors: Sofware-Defined Radio and Rugged FPGA based systems, Industrial Networking and Video Processing. SoC-e products include SoPCs, IP cores, software and electronic boards. Furthermore, SoC-e can develop custom FPGA designs, feasibility studies, training and consultory jobs in its areas of expertise.

Thales is a global technology leader for the Defence & Security and the Aerospace & Transport markets. In 2009, the company generated revenues of €12.9 billion with 68,000 employees in 50 countries. With its 22,500 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers as local partners.

Thales is an industry leader in the development and manufacture of battle-proven, software-defined radio equipment and solutions, developing international software radio solutions, working on standards and systems interoperability.

Thales has pioneered SDR technology in US, participating in all JTRS domains and deploying the JTRS-approved handheld radio AN/PRC-148 JEM and introducing the Liberty, a multi-band SDR handheld radio for public safety.

Thales contributes to key European SDR Programs, such as ESSOR or the German SVFuA program. Thanks to its cooperation with Rockwell Collins, Thales is in a position to currently offer FlexNet, the first SCA-compliant international SDR platforms with a powerful high data rate ad-hoc networking waveform for Network Centric Operations transition.