Strengthening the Test Solutions Offering for Commercial Airborne, Satellite Communications, Space and Defense Markets
New Aerospace Application for the EB Propsim® F8 radio channel emulator and partnership with AGI STK for their modeling software.
Aerospace Application Tests All Possible Radio Systems from Terrestrial to Satellite
EB has brought to market its new updated version of Aerospace Application for the EB Propsim® F8 radio channel emulator. Developed for commercial airborne, satellite communication and defense use, the new update for aerospace emulation feature has the ability to test high velocity radio links on ground, in air and in space. The updated Aerospace Application extends the delay range which enables to emulate long distance to GEO satellites or even to the moon.
Radio communication system testing in realistic field conditions, meaning test flights or test launches of rockets or missiles, is extremely expensive and non-repeatable. In satellite applications, testing in realistic conditions is not feasibly affordable or in some cases - possible - at all. Failure in end use of these applications could cause a faulty unit floating in space or soaring over the earth - a potentially costly situation.
EB Propsim F8 radio channel emulator with Aerospace Application is the solution to verify critical communications that could not be tested otherwise. It's widely used by organizations developing complex SDR based mobile ad-hoc networks, such as systems developed under the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). EB Propsim provides single unit solution for on ground testing and aerospace testing. Developers can verify the on ground communications and use the same device in testing of wide band data links to aircrafts or UAV's. EB Propsim emulator faithfully reproduces physical radio channel phenomena like delays, extreme speeds and accelerations of e.g. maneuvering aircrafts combined with jamming and interference with the best repeatability and accuracy available on markets. User will benefit from faster development cycles, reduced costs and, what's most important, improved quality of their end products.
Partnership with AGI STK Brings New Usability and Comprehensiveness for Testing Space and Defense Communication Systems
EB has signed a partnership with Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) to use its STK® software, which models and visualizes complex terrestrial and airborne communication scenarios. The AGI software works together with EB Propsim F8 radio channel emulator and its Aerospace application. The user creates a scenario with STK software, loads it into EB Propsim F8 hardware and runs the scenario, allowing accurate and repeatable test conditions.
STK, a mission-proven software application for modeling, engineering and operations of space, cyberspace, C4ISR, UAVs, missile defense and electronic systems, allows users to export data files, which EB Propsim® F8 can directly utilize in mission planning trials and for predicting the system performance with real radio equipment hooked.
Through EB Propsim, AGI provides direct access to satellite orbit data and a variety of other modeling and analysis tools to plan scenarios for real time testing. This makes the test case planning much faster and more realistic and concrete than ever before. The benefit of turning software simulations into test cases with real radios is visibility to implementation quality. This enables verification of how the real radios and network will perform in algorithm and hardware implementation.
EB Propsim F8 with STK software allows seamless flow from simulations to lab testing, enabling improved feedback and R&D experience. Testing in several different environments and in different interference situations can be carried out in an hour without ever leaving the laboratory. The highest amount of fading channels, best dynamic range and RF performance in the market now combined with powerful STK software brings the virtual field tests to a new era.
"We are pleased that EB has chosen our STK platform for its F8 radio channel emulator. Virtual field testing saves time and quickly delivers the newest technology to the end user. Just as important, it is the efficient and cost-effective approach to delivering capabilities that our government leaders are demanding," says Kevin Flood, AGI's vice president of product management and support.
For more information on the Aerospace application and AGI STK software, please visit Aerospace Application.
