Beachhead system supports M-Code PNT architecture
NewsOctober 15, 2015
WASHINGTON. The Defense Solutions division at Curtiss-Wright announced at the AUSA 2015 show that its second-generation DuraDBH-672 Digital Beachhead Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch and vetronics computer subsystem now supports the Military Code (M-Code) Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) architecture.
It addresses the U.S. Army’s GPS modernization programs for a PNT hub capable of delivering PNT to multiple devices on a VICTORY network backbone by supporting an integrated M-Code Ground-Based GPS Receiver Applications Module (GB-GRAM-M).
The Beachhead variants combine a VICTORY infrastructure switch and a VICTORY shared services processor. It also has GigE switching and VICTORY data bus, management, and shared service support.
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