HF & V/UHF Tactical Communications Intelligence (COMINT)
Products
Land & Airborne Systems
A vast array of HF and V/UHF tactical communications intelligence (COMINT) products, including antennas, sensors, and systems are provided by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). A system is typically composed of an SwRI antenna and sensor. These tactical products can be deployed on a wide variety of platforms, including vehicles, body worn, manned aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The DF antenna array selected is based on the deployment platform. The systems are designed around commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, and thus offer maximum modularity and flexibility for tailoring to meet specific user requirements. The systems support both manual and automatic operations and can be monitored and tasked locally or remotely. A rich and mature suite of operator interfaces engage the user in system configuration, tasking, monitoring, and maintenance.
Antennas
- AF-225 VHF/UHF (50 MHz to 500 MHz) Land-Based/Mobile DF Antenna
- AFM-450 VHF/UHF (20 MHz to 3000 MHz) Land-Based/Mobile DF Antenna
- AP-460 Man-Transportable VHF/UHF DF "Tent" Antenna
- AS-140 Shipboard Single Loop HF Direction-Finding Antenna
- AS-141 Shipboard Crossed Loop HF Direction-Finding Antenna
- AS-142 Shipboard HF Monopole Antenna, Low RCS
- AS-145 Shipboard HF Loop/Monopole DF Antenna
- AS-420 VHF/UHF (30 MHz to 1000 MHz) Shipboard COMINT ES Antenna
- AS-420A TACAN Supporting Shipboard COMINT ES Antenna
- AS-420B Low Radar Cross Section VHF/UHF Shipboard DF Antenna, TACAN Supporting
- AS-420C VHF/UHF (30 MHz to 3000 MHz) Shipboard COMINT ES Antenna
- AS-506 ELINT Supporting HF/VHF/UHF Shipboard COMINT ES Antenna
- AS-506A HF/VHF/UHF Shipboard COMINT ES Antenna
- AU-506 Submarine COMINT ES Antenna
- AVM-350 Cellular/PCS Vehicle/Mobile DF Antenna
- AVM-375 Low-Profile Vehicle-Mounted Distributed DF Antenna Set
- AVM-451 Land/Mobile/Shipboard UHF/DF Antenna
- MPB-475 Body-Worn VHF/UHF DF System
Sensors
- MBS-551 HF/VHF/UHF Radio Direction-Finder (RDF) System
- MBS-567 Wideband H/V/UHF Maritime COMINT System
- VWM-480 Mobile GSM Geolocation System
- VWM-590 Miniaturized Mobile DF System
Systems
- AVM-375 + VWM-590 (Ground Mobile COMINT)
- AVM-350 + VWM-590 (Mobile Cellular/PCS COMINT)
- AP-460 + VWM-590 (Man Transportable COMINT)
- AS-420C + MBS-567 (Shipboard COMINT)
Related Terminology
DF antennas • tactical communications intelligence products • COMINT • direction-finding products • LPI, SDS, and LDS signal types • HF and V/UHF products • high frequency • very high frequency • ultra high frequency
