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L-3 Communications recently announced that its Communication Systems-East (L-3 CS-East) division has been awarded a 5-year contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to supply the Talon KOV-26 in-line network encryptor to the federal government, U.S. Military and other approved customers.

Certified by the NSA for Type 1 communications, Talon is a PCMCIA card that provides secure remote access at broadband data rates in a small enclosure that requires no external power source. Talon is a high-speed alternative to the Remote Access Security Program (RASP) that is facing obsolescence.

Talon protects user-data up to Top Secret /Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) and is compatible with the High Assurance IP Encryptor Interoperability Specification (HAIPE IS) protocol. The encryptor enables high-speed access to classified networks or to other remote Talon users via the Internet through use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) USB communication adapters. Talon includes a graphical user interface that makes the security operation transparent to the end user.

The initial release of Talon supports 10/100 Ethernet but will be software upgradeable to support 802.11 b/g wireless, V.90 dial-up modem and RS-232 serial interfaces. This upgrade, planned for the first quarter of 2007, will add support for the Future Narrowband Digital Terminal/Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (FNBDT/SCIP) voice and data protocol.

Based in Camden, New Jersey, L-3 CS-East is a supplier and developer of Type 1 secure solutions.