Link Microtek mobile communications system installed on MoD Type 45 Destroyer
Link Microtek
Infra-Com system
An infrared short-range mobile communications system from Link Microtek has been installed on the first three of the UK MoD’s fleet of Type 45 Destroyers, providing officers on the bridge with a completely secure and interference-free voice communications facility, according to the company.
Designed and manufactured by Link Microtek’s Azdec subsidiary, the Infra-Com communications system is said to fully satisfy the MoD’s TEMPEST requirements.
Infra-Com is now fully operational on the bridge of HMS Daring and Dauntless and is undergoing final trials on HMS Diamond.
It will also be installed on HMS Duncan, Dragon and Defender in due course.
Key specifications
- System has no wires, giving operators complete freedom of movement
- Enables operators to speak to each other or to link into the ship’s main communications system via a central base station
- As Infra-Com does not use radio technology, no one can listen in or target on emissions from the system
- Signals are completely immune to electromagnetic interference — even severe energy pulses
- Provides multi-channel, full-duplex communications
- Comprises a compact base station, a number of fixed infrared antennas, a choice of noise-attenuating or ultra-lightweight headsets, operators’ belt-mounted battery packs/control units and a central battery-charger unit
- Low-level infrared digital encoding technology poses no health hazard
- Capable of covering areas up to 10,000m2
