“This approval from the FCC further validates the capabilities, performance, and maturity of our Liberty multiband radio,” said Steve Nichols, Director of Homeland Security and Public Safety for Thales. “With a legacy of producing mission-critical software-defined radios for both the military and public safety communities, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the most reliable, cost-efficient LMR to our nation’s first responders.”
Liberty
In early 2008, Thales Communications, Inc. introduced the first multiband, software-defined LMR for government agencies and first responders. Designed specifically for this community, the Liberty multiband LMR enables Federal, State, Local, and U.S. Department of Defense agencies to communicate across all of the public safety bands 136-174 MHz, 380-520 MHz, 700 MHz, and 800 MHz using a single portable radio. Operating modes include Project 25 (P25)-conventional, P25-trunked, and legacy analog. The Liberty radio offers full encryption capabilities, including the Data Encryption Standard and Advanced Encryption Standard with Over-The-Air-Rekeying. Key features include a color-coded display screen, keypad programming, and more than 2,600 channels. The Liberty radio is size, weight, and performance equivalent to existing single-band portable LMRs, and its Mil-Spec metal housing is submersible to 2 meters.
About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing Aerospace and Space, Defence and Security markets worldwide. The Group’s civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. Thales’s leading-edge technology is supported by 22,500 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. The Group builds its growth on its unique multidomestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2008 revenues of €12.7 billion (approximately £10.2 billion).
Press contacts:
Aude Colas des Francs
Thales, Land and Joint Systems
Tel: +33 (0)1 46 13 20 86
Sheila Gindes
Thales Communications, Inc
Tél. : 240-864-7912
