SELEX Elsag expands Sentinel secure robust mobile communications

Basildon, 12 October 2011 – SELEX Elsag, a Finmeccanica company, has introduced two new members of its Sentinel family to support robust, high capacity communications in challenging operational environments.

Sentinel Mobile provides secure mobile broadband access to any user, operating anywhere in the world, regardless of terrestrial 3G coverage. Based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hand-held smartphone technologies, Sentinel Mobile supplies a low-cost, intuitive, easy to use, lightweight 3G communications capability. It provides secure voice, data and video streaming via terrestrial 3G networks, Sentinel Mobile stand-alone networks or to other corporate networks (including the www).

Sentinel Mobile has been designed to provide the operational flexibility to potentially suit the requirements of both commercial and government operators, including the military. Potential uses include secure two way transfer of all types of data, including voice. Sentinel Mobile provides the capability to achieve secure 3G communications even when a terrestrial 3G network is unobtainable.

The user’s mobile communications device (COTS smart phone, tablet notebook, etc) will operate across the rapidly deployable, mobile, 3G Sentinel Mobile network to a central location. From there, with other communications systems can be achieved via available gateways.

Sentinel Mobile Broadband Basestation (MBB) system exploits contemporary UMTS/3G mobile telephony to provide military and paramilitary users with self-contained, secure, easily deployed data communications, both within an area of operations and to/from an adjacent secure IP infrastructure.

The capability has been designed to provide the operational flexibility to suit the requirements of defence, commercial and governmental users. Potential applications include secure two-way transfer of all types of data, including voice. The use of COTS technologies ensures low-cost initial provision, reduces maintenance and update costs. User resource requirements and training requirements are reduced via this readily expandable system.

For further information, contact:
Dennis Burton, SELEX Elsag
Tel: +44 (0) 1202 408512
E-mail: [email protected]