Modernizing SATCOM & Radar: Sustaining Performance, Enhancing Capability
With deep expertise in obsolescence engineering, we enable critical equipment to be redesigned and requalified, ensuring that systems continue to meet or exceed original performance specifications and remain interoperable and secure in today’s complex defense landscape.
The Environment/Challenge
In today's defense landscape, companies face mounting pressure to maintain battlefield awareness and information superiority across increasingly complex operational domains. Satellite communications (SATCOM) and radar systems are at the heart of this challenge, serving as the backbone for secure, high-bandwidth connectivity and real-time situational awareness on land, at sea, and in the air.
Many SATCOM and radar platforms rely on aging infrastructure and legacy systems that struggle to keep pace with evolving mission requirements and technological advancements, while obsolescence risks make it difficult to source replacements or integrate new capabilities without costly redesigns. Modern missions demand equipment that is reliable and adaptable to harsh environments, all while defense budgets require solutions that extend the life of proven systems and minimize total ownership costs. Additionally, as digital threats grow and joint operations become more common, systems must be modernized to support secure interfaces, automation, and interoperability with broader military networks.
Against this backdrop, companies must find innovative ways to modernize and sustain their SATCOM and radar assets—ensuring these mission-critical systems remain effective, resilient, and ready to meet the demands of tomorrow’s battlespace.
How We Help (Our Solution)
Overhaul & Refurbishment
Through comprehensive refurbishment, systems are upgraded with the latest technologies, extending their operational life and reliability. This approach reduces the need for costly replacements, minimizes total ownership costs, and ensures that proven platforms remain mission-ready despite evolving requirements and budget constraints. This capability addresses the challenge of aging infrastructure and obsolescence by restoring legacy SATCOM and radar equipment to “like new” condition.
Design & Prototyping
We enable the development of new systems and components tailored to the needs of military customers and OEMs. By rapidly iterating and testing prototypes, organizations can integrate modern features, enhance performance, and ensure compatibility with current and future operational environments, directly addressing the challenge of obsolescence and evolving mission profiles.
Testing & Diagnostics
Modern missions require equipment that is reliable and adaptable to harsh conditions. We ensure mission-critical systems perform optimally by identifying and resolving performance issues both onboard and within depot facilities. Advanced diagnostic tools help avoid costly false positives and guide targeted overhaul and repair, supporting operational demands for reliability and resilience while reducing downtime and maintenance costs.
On-site Engineering Support
As systems become more complex and digital threats increase, skilled support is essential for effective operation and maintenance. Our on-site Engineering Support provides experienced field engineers and training experts who assist warfighters in operating and sustaining SATCOM and radar systems. This hands-on expertise helps overcome challenges related to cybersecurity, interoperability, and system complexity, ensuring that personnel are equipped to maintain mission readiness and adapt to new technologies.
Our comprehensive approach to SATCOM and radar modernization directly addresses the industry’s most pressing challenges by extending the life, reliability, and operational availability of mission-critical communications and radar systems. Through cost-effective overhaul and refurbishment, advanced design and prototyping, rigorous testing and diagnostics, and expert on-site engineering support, we ensure that legacy platforms are not only sustained but enhanced to meet evolving mission requirements. Our services span the entire lifecycle—from initial systems engineering and conceptual design, through prototyping, production, repair, and sustainment—delivering solutions that mitigate obsolescence, reduce total ownership costs, and maintain peak performance in demanding operational environments.
At the heart of our technical excellence is a world-class depot facility equipped with advanced diagnostic and refurbishment capabilities: a near-field antenna range with one of the largest MI-Technologies scanners in the Northeast, a compact antenna range for comprehensive pattern measurement, a dedicated RF component lab for precision testing, and environmental test chambers to validate performance under extreme conditions. These resources enable us to deliver reliable, modernized, and mission-ready SATCOM and radar solutions for the warfighter.
Impact in Action
We deliver tangible impact across the defense communications and radar landscape by supporting a full spectrum of OEM SATCOM and radar platforms, including the Global Broadcast Service (GBS), Navy Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Terminals, WSC-6 SATCOM Terminal, Submarine High Data Rate (SubHDR), Navy Multiband Terminal, Airforce MILSTAR Contingency Antennas, Joint Threat Emitters, and multi-band communications systems such as C-Band, K-Band, Ka-Band, X-Band, and Q-Band. Our partnerships with leading OEMs—including Raytheon, Sierra Nevada, and Harris—ensure access to the latest technologies and best practices.
Our impact is especially evident in its support of the U.S. Navy's Submarine High Data Rate (SubHDR) system, a critical SATCOM platform that enables secure, high-bandwidth communications for submerged submarines. Through specialized antenna system engineering, we design, integrate, and test both mast-mounted and sail-mounted SubHDR antenna configurations to ensure robust connectivity in challenging underwater environments. Our expertise in obsolescence mitigation allows for the redesign of legacy components using modern electronics and materials, ensuring compliance with MIL-STD environmental and EMI standards. Comprehensive system integration and testing, including link budget analysis, waveform compatibility, and interoperability with MILSATCOM networks, guarantee that SubHDR systems meet the highest performance and reliability standards.