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SCOUT SATCOM Equipment

Soldiers need their communications equipment to be portable, reliable and robust.

SCOUT Toolkit Military SATCOM Equipment

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SCOUT SATCOM Equipment

Current SATCOM equipment is cumbersome, heavy, and fragile- all factors that potentially restrict deployment and accessibility.

Old Equipment

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SCOUT SATCOM Equipment

Upon Coolfire Solutions' request, PDT helped them rewrite the rule book and develop an integrated, user-focused solution enabled by an iPhone. At a fraction of the cost, weight and size, this solution, along with Coolfire's App suite, has the ability to revolutionize how SATCOM operatives work.

User-Focused Solution

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SCOUT SATCOM Equipment

Working bench top prototypes allowed the integrated team to deconstruct functionality and determine a hierarchy of requirements to optimize the electrical, software and mechanical interactions and the physical volume.

Prototyping

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SCOUT SATCOM Equipment

Focusing on ‘functional elegance’ while maximizing usability and durability was a primary goal for PDT...

Functional Elegance

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SCOUT SATCOM Equipment

SCOUT toolkit gives FSRs nearly identical capabilities in a 6 lb box. The SCOUT toolkit includes a spectrum analyzer, power meter, multimeter, WiFi transceiver, USB hub computer processor, GPS receiver and several other tools in one small box.

Many Tools

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SCOUT SATCOM Equipment

The SCOUT Toolkit Military SATCOM Equipment is the most revolutionary new tool for SATCOM operatives.

Revolutionary

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