Date: 22/07/2010

New measurement platform from Agilent for signal-intelligence applications

Agilent has released the N7100 signal intelligence (SIGINT) search, collection and direction-finding system. According to Agilent this is a highly-adaptable, multi-mission platform designed for quick-reaction deployment. The system allows users to capture and locate challenging signals in difficult radio-frequency (RF) environments.

The main features of this system are its modularity, compact size and raw measurement speed. The N7100 system offers capabilities such as ultra-fast wideband search, fully integrated wideband direction-finding (DF) and sustained multiband signal collection. This system is also suggested for RF surveys, signal monitoring, and wideband signal recording and playback to rack-mount disk arrays.

"In SIGINT and electronic warfare, today's wider and faster signals will become mainstream tomorrow," said Tom Burrell, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Signal Networks Division. "With rapidly evolving threats and an increasingly chaotic operating environment, the N7100 platform enables strategic and tactical organizations to deploy rapidly and adapt quickly as signal scenarios evolve."

The N7100 supports the widely used Agilent E3238S signal search and collection software and integrates with existing E3238S systems. This system also supports the Agilent universal signal detection software, which recognizes more than 20 types of modulation and lets system users create new signal detectors during ongoing operations without programming.

The N7100 platform meets modular open-system architecture (MOSA) requirements through commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, built on industry standards such as Compact PCI, PCI Express(r) and PXI Express. This cost-effective solution also uses Gigabit Ethernet and PCIe for input/output to the system host computer or external devices.

The N7100 product family includes a mainframe and the following four plug-in system and measurement modules:

--N7130A/N7131A - two-channel receivers, 20 MHz to 6 GHz.
--N7145A FPGA processing module
--N7140A CPU module.


Price: The N7100 systems is priced at US$102,386.

Availability: Now

For more information visit: www.agilent.com/find/N7101A.