Sarah Eggleton

As modern battlefields evolve, the proliferation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has introduced new challenges across military, border security, and critical infrastructure environments.

At SPX Communication Technologies, we address this threat with a cutting-edge, layered Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) strategy that ensures battlespace superiority – powered by the BLACKTALON Ecosystem.

Softkill vs. Hardkill: Why Both Matter in C-UAS Defense:

In the complex domain of UAS threat mitigation, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. While hardkill solutions (e.g., kinetic interceptors and gun systems) offer physical takedown capabilities, they often face limitations in accuracy, range, and deployment conditions. This is where softkill solutions play a vital role – especially in directional jamming.

Directional jamming is not only cost-effective but also capable of engaging threats at significant distances, giving operators critical time to react and respond. When paired with hardkill systems, it forms a comprehensive defense-in-depth strategy.

SPX Communication Technologies’ BLACKTALON Ecosystem excels at delivering multi-layered softkill capabilities that complement kinetic responses and provide flexible, scalable protection.

Directional vs. Omni: The Right Tool for Every Tactical Situation

Every mission requires the right tool – and in C-UAS operations, antenna selection is paramount:

• True Omni-Directional Antennas: Best suited for last-mile defense, providing 360° coverage for immediate threats but with limited range.
• Directional Jammers: Offer focused, long-range disruption, ideal for pre-emptive threat engagement.
• Multi-Band Directional Jammers: Provide broad frequency coverage, efficient RF generation, and precise targeting of drone control and navigation signals.
• Integrated C2 Systems: Enable real-time threat analysis and optimized jamming effectiveness, tailored to the mission at hand.

The BLACKTALON Ecosystem unifies these capabilities to deliver unmatched versatility in contested electromagnetic environments.

Range Matters: Gaining Time and Tactical Advantage

Effective C-UAS strategies are built around the principle of early detection and engagement. The BLACKTALON Ecosystem enables:

• Long-Range Detection and Mitigation: Giving operators the advantage of reaction time.
• Targeted Energy Deployment: Maximizes disruption over broad operational areas.
• Close-In Response Capability: Ensures rapid neutralization of immediate threats with pinpoint accuracy.

In the battlespace, where seconds can define outcomes, range is not just a feature, it’s a necessity.

Future-Proofing the Fight Against Evolving UAS Threats

The battlespace is dynamic. So is the BLACKTALON Ecosystem. Designed with adaptability and scalability in mind, it ensures readiness for both current and future challenges:

• Modular, Software-Defined Radios (SDRs): Easily reconfigured to address evolving threat profiles.
• Centralized Command and Control: Supports multiple, simultaneous operations with streamlined coordination.
• Network-Capable Architecture: Seamless integration across platforms and mission scenarios.
• Mission-Specific Optimization: Quickly adapt to terrain, threat type, and operational goals.

Our future-proof approach ensures your forces are never behind the curve.

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Conclusion: Total Spectrum Dominance in the C-UAS Battlespace

In today’s battlespace, defeating UAS threats demands speed, adaptability, and layered capability. SPX Communication Technologies delivers this through the BLACKTALON Ecosystem – a scalable, networked, and directional C-UAS solution designed for total electromagnetic spectrum control.

Whether your mission is force protection, base defense, or convoy security, our technology gives you the power to detect, disrupt, and dominate.

Stay ahead. Stay secure. Stay BLACKTALON.

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Wappenham, UK, May 2025: SPX Communications Technologies announces its participation in a new deal between the UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) and Airbus Helicopters. In an initial phase of its fleet renewal programme, NPAS has ordered seven Airbus H135 helicopters, which will be equipped with data link capabilities from SPX Communications Technologies.

“With over 100 calls for air support each day, the National Police Air Service plays a unique and valuable role in saving lives, disrupting criminality and protecting communities,” said NPAS Chief Operating Officer and Accountable Manager Chief Superintendent Vicki White.

Colin Waite, UK Police Business Development Manager at SPX Communications Technologies, added: “We’re proud to support this important collaboration between NPAS and Airbus. Reliable, real-time data is critical to modern policing and emergency response – and that’s exactly what our technology enables.”

About SPX Communication Technologies – ECS

Enterprise Control Systems (ECS), part of SPX Technologies’ Communication Technologies Platform, innovates specialised technologies within the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum to ensure a smarter, more secure future for all.

SPX Communication Technologies’ Tactical Data Link portfolio allows police, military, border guard, intelligence, security and search and rescue organisations to effectively conduct airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) operations. They can manage video and data securely across networks and reliably transfer data between enabled aircraft and ground users over long distances in congested RF environments.

Combining decades of technology innovation and expertise with agile and collaborative teams, SPX Communication Technologies delivers sustainable and exceptional results to customers across the globe – including Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. For more information visit on SPX Communication Technologies’ Tactical Data Links, visit: Secure Tactical Data Links – SPX Communication Technologies

Join SPX Communication Technologies (TCI|ECS) at IDEX 2025 from 17–21 February at the ADNEC Center, Abu Dhabi – you will find us in the ADS UK Pavilion!

As a leader in COMINT, Counter-UAS, and Tactical Data Links, we are excited to showcase our cutting-edge defence solutions that address evolving threats within the RF spectrum.

Innovative Defence Solutions on Display!

The SPX Communication Technologies platform continues to mature its capabilities with the TCI and ECS product range to address customer problems and evolving threats within the RF spectrum.

At IDEX 2025, we will be presenting our advanced Counter-UAS solutions, C-RCIED Inhibitors, Spectrum Monitoring Systems, and Secure Tactical Data Links. Our technologies empower governments, law enforcement, and military forces worldwide with next-generation capabilities for RF detection, measurement, and tactical data transmission.

BLACKTALON Ecosystem: Scalable Counter-UAS Solution:

The BLACKTALON Ecosystem is an advanced, scalable Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) solution designed to detect, track, and defeat hostile drones, surveillance threats, and insurgent UAVs. Whether combating state actors, nuisance drone enthusiasts, or military threats, BLACKTALON provides a comprehensive defence system.

Tactical Data Links

• Secure Tactical Data Links: Since 1992, we have delivered long-range, low-latency Tactical Data Links for airborne ISR, providing secure COFDM protocols, military-grade encryption, and reliable data transmission in harsh RF environments.

Spectrum Monitoring

• Spectrum Monitoring Systems: TCI’s solutions allow users to monitor, analyse, and manage the RF spectrum, ensuring ITU compliance and superior geolocation capabilities through Angle of Arrival (AOA), Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA), and hybrid systems.

Meet Us at IDEX 2025

We invite you to visit our booth in the UK Pavilion to discuss your unique requirements and explore how SPX Communication Technologies can support your mission. Our team is ready to showcase TCI and ECS solutions, offering highly engineered Tactical Data Links Communication Intelligence, C-UAS & C-RCIED Inhibitors, and RF Spectrum Monitoring capabilities.

📍 Schedule a Meeting: Connect with us at IDEX 2025 to learn more about our latest technologies and how we can enhance your defence capabilities: Contact Us Here

We look forward to seeing you in Abu Dhabi!

Accelerates Growth Strategy of Communications Technologies Platform;
Highly Complementary Technology and Growth Markets

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SPX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SPXC) (“SPX”, the “Company”, “we” or “our”) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Kranze Technology Solutions, Inc. (“KTS”), a leader in digital interoperability and tactical networking solutions. KTS is now a part of SPX Technologies’ Communication Technologies (“CommTech”) platform, within its Detection & Measurement segment. KTS is anticipated to be modestly accretive to adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations in 2025. Management plans to provide 2025 guidance including the impact of KTS on February 25, 2025, when SPX Technologies reports Q4 2024 results.

“We are excited to welcome the KTS team to the SPX Technologies family,” said Gene Lowe, President and CEO of SPX Technologies. “This transaction significantly scales our position in Communication Technologies and expands our value creation opportunities in highly complementary growth markets across our global customer base. KTS’s advanced digital interoperability technology and strong position in U.S. defense platforms are an excellent fit with SPX’s existing tactical datalinks, communications intelligence, and radio frequency (RF) countermeasure offerings.”

Richard Kranze, co-founder of KTS commented, “We are delighted for KTS to be joining SPX Technologies’ CommTech team. Bringing together SPX’s expertise and resources with KTS’s strong technology and customer relationships creates numerous growth opportunities for employees, customers, and shareholders. I look forward to helping the SPX Technologies team to build an even stronger, more valuable platform.”

About KTS: Founded in 2008, KTS is a leading provider of digital interoperability and tactical networking solutions that drive superior situational awareness, interoperability, and increased survivability across multiple platforms and domains.

About SPX Technologies, Inc: SPX Technologies is a supplier of highly engineered products and technologies, holding leadership positions in the HVAC and detection and measurement markets. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, SPX Technologies has more than 4,100 employees in 15 countries. SPX Technologies is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SPXC.” For more information, please visit www.spx.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Information: This press release refers to adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations (or, adjusted EPS) which is not financial measures as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). This non-GAAP financial measure does not provide investors with an accurate measure of, and should not be used as a substitute for, the comparable financial measure under GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial guidance excludes items, which would be included in our GAAP financial measures, that we do not consider indicative of our on-going performance. These items include, but are not limited to, acquisition costs, costs associated with dispositions, and potential non-cash income or expense items associated with changes in market interest rates and actuarial or other data related to our pension and postretirement plans, as the ultimate aggregate amounts associated with these items are out of our control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, any reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial guidance to the most comparable GAAP financial measures is not practicable.

Forward Looking Statements: Statements in this press release with respect to the future impact of the acquisition of KTS are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby. Please read these results in conjunction with the Company’s documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These filings identify important risk factors and other uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including the following: changes and specific industry events in KTS’s markets; availability, limitations or cost increases of raw materials and/or commodities that cannot be recovered in product pricing; the impact of competition on profit margins and KTS’s ability to maintain or increase market share; inadequate performance by third-party suppliers and subcontractors for outsourced products, components and services and other supply-chain risks; cyber-security risks; risks with respect to the protection of intellectual property; defects or errors in current or planned products; the impact of pandemics and governmental and other actions taken in response; domestic economic, governmental, political and business developments adversely affecting KTS’s Company’s business, including regulatory changes; changes in applicable economic conditions, including as a result of geopolitical conflicts; uncertainties with respect to the successful integration of KTS and achieving cost savings or other benefits from the acquisition; potential labor disputes; and extreme weather conditions and natural and other disasters. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

Statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release, and SPX disclaims any responsibility to update or revise such statements, except as required by law.

Investor and Media Contacts:
Paul Clegg, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications
Phone: 980-474-3806
E-mail: spx.investor@spx.com

Source: SPX Technologies

Source: SPX Technologies

The field of avionics has witnessed remarkable advancements over the past year, bringing significant improvements to safety, workload management, accessibility, and situational awareness. These innovations have been especially impactful in the special missions sector, benefiting operations like search and rescue (SAR), aerial firefighting, police aviation, and air ambulance services.

As a result, more platforms are becoming certified to carry the latest technologies. These include new breakthroughs and enhanced versions of existing systems, many of which are designed for easy implementation. Software updates can often be performed seamlessly, and hardware installations have been streamlined to minimise complexity. These trends are helping operators enhance their capabilities with minimal disruption.

One area that has seen particularly exciting developments is communications. Reliable, secure data links are critical for mission success, but they have traditionally been out of reach for smaller operators and organisations with tight budgets. Recognising this challenge, SPX Communication Technologies has introduced a game-changing solution: the Evenlode Lite video downlink system.

What is Evenlode Lite?

Evenlode Lite is the latest addition to SPX Communication Technologies’ renowned Evenlode family of data link systems. This entry-level solution is specifically designed to make high-quality airborne surveillance and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) capabilities accessible to a broader range of operators.

The Evenlode Lite system includes:

• Air Data Terminal: Installed on airborne platforms to capture and transmit critical data.
• Ground Data Terminal: Used by ground teams to receive and interpret real-time transmissions.

With Evenlode Lite, operators can transmit secure, real-time data, including:

• 4K Video: High-definition imagery for unparalleled situational awareness.
• Audio: Clear communication between teams.
• GPS and Telemetry Data: Accurate location tracking and system monitoring.

This robust functionality ensures that airborne platforms can relay essential information to static or mobile ground teams seamlessly.

Breaking Down Barriers

Unlike more complex and costly data link systems, Evenlode Lite offers a streamlined design that lowers the barrier to entry. This is particularly beneficial for:

• Smaller Organisations: Those new to airborne surveillance can now access professional-grade technology without the high upfront costs typically associated with such systems.
• Budget-Conscious Operators: Evenlode Lite provides a cost-effective way to upgrade existing ISR capabilities.

The simplicity of the system’s design also ensures ease of use, allowing operators to focus on their missions rather than grappling with complicated technology.

Why Evenlode Lite Matters

The launch of Evenlode Lite represents a significant step forward in democratising access to advanced communication technologies. By bridging the gap between performance and affordability, SPX Communication Technologies is empowering more operators to enhance their operations, improve situational awareness, and ultimately achieve mission success.

Learn More

To explore SPX Communication Technologies’ full range of data link capabilities, including the Evenlode Lite system, visit Secure Tactical Data Links – SPX Communication Technologies or contact the team directly at sales@enterprisecontrol.co.uk.

With innovations like Evenlode Lite, the future of airborne surveillance and ISR operations is more inclusive, efficient, and effective than ever before.