Defense Department Certifies Raytheon's Core Framework As SCA Compliant

McKinney, TX -- The Department of Defense (DoD) has certified that Raytheon Company's Core Framework operating environment is compliant with the government's Software Communications Architecture (SCA). Raytheon claims it is the first company to achieve this milestone. During recent tests of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Cluster 2 hand-held radio, Raytheon's Core Framework enabled the JTRS Cluster 2 radio to be SCA-compliant with waivers. SCA compliance overcomes interoperability barriers that occur when dissimilar military radios communicate with each other. Essentially, a core framework is an operating environment. Raytheon's Core Framework is portable and runs on a variety of hardware platforms, including those that support military radios. Its portability compares with commercial applications that function equally well on personal computers or Apple systems. Raytheon's Core Framework now operates in the company's MicroLight hand-held, software-defined radio, as well as software radios owned by some of Raytheon's international customers.

Raytheon led an industry consortium that developed the SCA and, in 2000, delivered it to the JTRS Joint Program Office. Since then, DoD has identified processes and tools to measure compliance and now mandates that all communication architectures be SCA-certified, that is, they must meet specific software-defined radio requirements.

"Using Raytheon's Core Framework, the SCA specifications, and commercial tools, radio developers now have a complete design environment," said Jerry Powlen, Raytheon vice president of Integrated Communication Systems. "This gives them greater flexibility and increased cost efficiency."

SOURCE: Raytheon Company