SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera
Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced that its 28 nm
Cyclone® V field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have
been chosen by Harris Corporation for its newest Falcon® III
wideband tactical radio.
The radio, currently in production, has been designated by the
U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to be NSA Type-1 certified,
enabling Harris to field the radio for secure voice and data
communications.
Altera also announced it has successfully completed the NSA
Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) Secure Implementation
Guidelines (SIG) document, which provides unified government
recommendations on the use of security settings in Altera FPGA and
SoC products and how these products can be used most securely to
mitigate security threats in system designs.
Harris Radio in a Smaller Package with Industry-Leading
Longer Battery Life
Faced with weight, power and battery
life constraints when designing applications for demanding military
field operations, Harris chose Altera Cyclone V FPGAs to implement
the radio modem and cryptography functionality. Altera's Cyclone V
FPGAs offer low power, small packaging and quick time-to-market,
enabling Harris to deliver a smaller, lighter secure radio with a
significantly longer battery life to soldiers in the field, ahead
of the competition.
"Altera worked closely with Harris to meet the stringent
requirements for this radio, offering programmable logic solutions
that best fit SWaP-C requirements," said Tom Kenny, VP of Engineering and Product Line
Management at Harris. "Altera provided outstanding
development support, along with the commitment to enable long-term
volume supply of its products for years to come."
"Our partnership with Harris, a premier supplier of tactical
radios, enabled them to achieve NSA certification for this Falcon
III wideband tactical radio while at the same time preparing for
full-rate production," said Ian
Land, senior manager, Military, Aerospace and Government
business unit at Altera. "With NSA's approval of our 28-nm IAD SIG
implementation guidelines, military and government customers such
as Harris are better equipped to use Altera's 28-nm products to
address and mitigate threats in cyber security and secure
communications applications."
Altera Achieves Approval for NSA's IAD SIG Document
Altera has completed the NSA's IAD SIG process, which helps defense
contractors develop and implement products adhering to the NSA's
guidelines. The NSA IAD SIG describes design and data security
features unique to Altera 28-nm FPGAs and SoCs and provides
guidelines for security policies based on typical scenarios. Altera
is also working with the NSA IAD on SIG documents for 20-nm and
14-nm FPGAs and SoCs.
For information on Altera's comprehensive FPGA and SoC product
portfolio, including FPGAs, SoCs with embedded ARM®
processors, Enpirion® power control solutions and the
industry's most extensive set of military system solutions, contact
your local Altera sales representative.
About Altera
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effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets.
Altera offers FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs, ASICs and complementary
technologies, such as power management, to provide high-value
solutions to customers worldwide. Visit www.Altera.com
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