Broadcast Microwave Services (BMS) has been selected by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Services to provide microwave communications equipment for a command center and infrastructure system for border security.
The contract, valued at approximately $8.5 million, will see the installation of Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing transmission (COFDM) technology from the BMS product line. The system is expected to be installed this year and will enable secure video and audio transmission from aircraft, ships or vehicles to be monitored real time and distributed to remote viewing stations.
BMS, a Cohu company, designs, develops, manufactures and sells microwave transmission systems and has a broad range of products and systems developed for broadcast TV, law enforcement, sports and special events venues, unmanned air vehicle and military applications.
US-based Cohu is a supplier of test handling solutions used by the global semiconductor industry as well as a supplier of closed circuit television, metal detection and microwave communications equipment. — (menareport.com)
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