iDirect Government Debuts New 4.2
Evolution Software
April 17,
2018
iDirect
Government (iDirectGov), a leading provider of
satellite communications to the military and
government, today unveiled their most powerful Major
Defense-Based software release, Evolution 4.2.
Evolution 4.2 unleashes the full capabilities of the
9-Series satellite routers, defense line cards and
tactical hub. Evolution 4.2 also continues to
support existing 8-Series satellite routers and
eMxDx line cards.
Evolution 4.2
delivers ultra-enhanced features in performance,
efficiency and security in support of the company’s
defense and government customers. When used with the
9-Series, Evolution 4.2 boosts single carrier
capacity to 29
mega-symbols per second (Msps)
(previously 7.5 Msps in Evolution 2.3) as well as
ten times improvement - with achievements up to
64,000 packet-per-second (PPS) of simultaneous
traffic. These dramatically increased speeds and
throughput are ideal for intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) content, larger volumes of
simultaneous voice calls as well as other
bandwidth-intensive applications for land, air or
sea.
Significant
advancements to the existing
multi-frequency time-division
multiple access (MF-TDMA) waveform
greatly improves the availability of ultra-small
disadvantaged terminals, thus improving reliability
particularly for Communications-on-the Move (COTM)
networks. These powerful waveform enhancements truly
allow its new 9-Series airborne solution to take
flight.
Building upon
its existing two-way
transmission security (TRANSEC) which
is approved by the National Security Agency (NSA),
Evolution 4.2 introduces an improved user interface
and one-way TRANSEC. This new TRANSEC capability
comes with automatic over-the-air re-keying of
one-way systems in support of the Global Broadcast
Service (GBS). Evolution 4.2 also enables
Multi-Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) to ensure
backwards compatibility to existing GBS networks as
well as Multicast Filtering to remove any duplicate
channels.
Other
enhancements made possible with Evolution 4.2 and
the 9-Series include:
-
Multi-channel demodulation
(MCD) TRANSEC with 16 Channel Returns on the
DLC-R for more in-route density
- Full
Network Management System (NMS) support for the
Tactical Hub
- Fan In/Fan
Out in support of Wideband Global Satcom (WGS)
constellations
- Security
Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) service for
Premium iSupport customers
-
Federal Information
Processing Standard Publication (FIPS)
140-2 Level 3 certification on the TRANSEC
module as found on the 9-Series and DLCs, making
its products more secure than ever before
“Evolution 4.2 is the release our customers
have been waiting for,” said John Ratigan, President
of iDirectGov. “It allows them to continue the
utilization of their 8-Series installation base and
expand with the full power and performance of the
9-Series,” Ratigan continued. “The SATCOM software
energizes and elevates both the 8-Series and
9-Series Satellite Routers and line cards, enabling
our customers to connect, command and coordinate
their critical assets in the field better than ever
before. This will result in next-generation
satellite communications deployment for airborne,
maritime and land-based customers.”
