Keeping Pace With Military Radio and SDR Technology

There are two absolute truths about wireless military radios. The first is that wireless military radios must be accurate and reliable in mission-critical applications to guarantee the safety of their users, which places a great significance on testing plans and their ability to deliver the best final product possible. The second truth is that wireless military radios have become complex, digital devices that act much like computers. The software-defined radio (SDR) architecture of many of today’s military radios gives manufacturers the ability to implement complex and custom functionality for modulation and baseband processing. However, as customer demand increases, so do the demands on the test equipment.