Kratos' SAT Enables Carrier Identification Monitoring Capabilities for Major Satellite Operator
June 23 2014 - 7:00AM
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a
leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that
its SAT Corporation subsidiary has provided a global satellite
operator with Carrier Identification (CID) technology for its
ground network to help identify and mitigate RF interference that
can disrupt radio frequency (RF) communications. The capabilities
helped the operator better assure service performance in time for
the increased global broadcast demands surrounding the World Cup in
Brazil.
RF signal interference is a growing problem in the satellite
industry, particularly the kind of inadvertent, non-malicious
interference that is increasing with the worldwide proliferation of
satellite devices and services. CID is embedded into a video or
data transmission path that enables satellite operators and end
users to identify the source of an interfering carrier, thus
speeding cross-verification between operators and dramatically
reducing the time to resolve accidental events.
SAT employs a powerful approach to CID in its Monics® product,
the industry's leading carrier monitoring system, using Binary
Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) spread spectrum modulation, differential
encoding, scrambling and a concatenated error protection strategy
to quickly and accurately help operators detect, identify and
correct the problem. To assist with the less common but more
troubling forms of intentional interference, such as malicious
jamming, SAT's satID® product helps operators locate the geographic
position of the offending signal so that corrective actions can be
taken.
"SAT has taken a leadership role with our customers and the
Interference Reduction Group (IRG) to define best practices and
approaches to solving interference problems and enable CID
solutions," said Greg Caicedo, General Manager of SAT. "The
enhanced capabilities in Monics will help operators reduce the
time, people and resources that must be applied to interference
events and help them resolve incidents and minimize impact to
service." IRG (http://satirg.org) is the global industry
organization established to combat the problem of satellite RF
interference.
For more information about CID and SAT's full line of carrier
monitoring and interference mitigation solutions, including Monics
and satID, visit www.SAT.com.
About Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) is a
specialized National Security technology Company providing mission
critical products, solutions and services for United States
National Security. Kratos' core capabilities are sophisticated
engineering, manufacturing and system integration offerings for
National Security platforms and programs. Kratos' areas of
expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing,
Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
(C5ISR), satellite communication systems, electronic warfare,
unmanned systems, missile defense, cyber warfare, cybersecurity,
information assurance, and critical infrastructure
security. Kratos has primarily an engineering and
technically oriented work force of approximately 3,600.
Substantially all of Kratos' work is performed on a
military base, in a secure facility or at a critical infrastructure
location. Kratos' primary end customers are National
Security related agencies. News and information are available
at www.KratosDefense.com.
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"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are made on the basis of the current beliefs,
expectations and assumptions of the management
of Kratos and are subject to significant risks and
uncertainty, including risks related to product failure, general
economic conditions and cutbacks in spending. Investors are
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the date they are made, and Kratos undertakes no
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result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a
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actual results to differ from those expressed in these
forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the
business of Kratos in general, see the risk disclosures
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year
ended December 29, 2013, and in subsequent reports on Forms
10-Q and 8-K and other filings made with
the SEC by Kratos.
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