Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., in Burnaby, British Columbia, has announced that an international government defense agency has selected its FlexComm HCDR-1002 to assist in the development of a wideband communications intelligence system.

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The HCDR-1002 is a flexible, heterogeneous processing platform that incorporates Xilinx field-programmable gate arrays, Freescale PC processors, and Texas Instruments digital signal processors.

"Spectrum competed against a number of international competitors to secure its first design-in with this promising customer," says Pascal Spothelfer, president and CEO of Spectrum. "We differentiated ourselves by offering a highly flexible, software reconfigurable solution--rather than competing with more rigid, legacy-type solutions." "Given the pace at which communications technologies are developing, I believe that C4ISR applications will continue to adopt software-reconfigurable radio technologies to allow ongoing adaptation," he adds.

C4ISR includes command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications.