Sarah Eggleton

Our Partners, GB Aircraft, established in 2007, are one of the leading general aviation companies in Poland, specialising in aircraft sales and special mission modifications for public services companies.

GB Aircraft now provide Tactical Data Link solutions by Enterprise Control Systems (ECS), including the operationally proven ECS Evenlode Series, which gives users secure long range video and bidirectional TCP IP data transfer – and provides customers with sales and comprehensive servicing of various leading aircraft OEMs like Cessna, Cruiser Aircraft, Lightwing or Stemme and MD Helicopters.

Aircraft deals are complemented with sale of flight simulation devices of brands such as Alsim, Frasca, ELITE or Simnest and recently air traffic control simulators of EDDA Systems.

We are very proud to have GB Aircraft representing us, with our Tactical Data Links currently installed in 7 Bell 407GXi helicopters for the Polish Police – and we look forward to continued success with our partnership and expanding our reach in Poland.

• Affordable solution breaks down barriers to the latest airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa.
• Enhances civilian and border security for various users, including defence, policing, security, search and rescue, and incident response teams.

Wappenham, UK | Wednesday, 4th September, 2024 – Radio frequency (RF) technology specialists, SPX Communication Technologies today launches Evenlode Lite, an entry-level video downlink system designed for regions new to airborne surveillance or those looking to enhance Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. As geopolitical tensions rise and the need for real-time situational awareness grows, Evenlode Lite offers a cost-effective solution for defence, security, border control, and search and rescue teams.

Evenlode Lite is an introductory version of the Evenlode system, operationally proven across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Comprising an air data terminal and ground data terminal, it provides reliable, secure, real-time transmission of up to 4K video, audio, GPS, and telemetry data from airborne platforms to static or mobile ground teams.

The system is tailored for integrators and end users in regions across Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, offering a low barrier to entry for organisations seeking to improve ISR capabilities without the complexity and cost typically associated with such systems.

Key features:

• Complete end-to-end solution that seamlessly integrates with existing video systems to deliver live intelligence directly to ground teams.
• Cost-effective: By dramatically reducing entry-level costs, Evenlode Lite makes airborne data transmission more accessible to a broader range of users.
• International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) exempt: Fully exportable to most regions worldwide, Evenlode Lite can be deployed quickly with minimal regulatory constraints or complexity.
• Fully secure: Equipped with AES256 or substitution Cipher encryption, the system protects sensitive data during transmission, making it ideal for domestic security and search and rescue operations.
• Scalable and upgradeable: As concept of operations (CONOPS) requirements evolve, Evenlode Lite can be enhanced with additional features, including dual video channels, onward IP video streaming, and range extensions.

“Many defence and security teams lack the real-time intelligence to respond swiftly to incidents or mitigate risk. Evenlode Lite addresses this gap by offering an affordable and scalable solution that delivers critical intelligence, enabling faster, more informed decisions,” says Jackson White, Business Development Director of Tactical Data Links at SPX Communication Technologies. “The system lowers the overall cost of ownership, making it an attractive option for regions with limited budgets while still providing the capability to upgrade as needs evolve.”

Evenlode Lite is now available for deployment. For more information visit www.enterprisecontrol.co.uk/evenlode-lite/, or visit us from 3-6 September at the 32nd International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO – stand D-37 at the Targi Kielce Exhibition & Conference Center, Poland. If you are an integrator interested in partnering with SPX Communication Technologies, please contact sales@enterprisecontrol.co.uk.

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, APAC, the Middle East, and Africa.

Last week, we held our Summer afternoon of pizza and games for all ECS staff at our premises in Wappenham.

An afternoon of fun and laughter with pizzas for all – and the sun even managed to make an appearance!

A great way of getting to know our co-workers better and to enjoy a couple of hours chatting and relaxing in the sunshine.

Enjoy the rest of the summer, everyone!

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BATTLESPACE Editor Julian Nettlefold connects with Eric Kaled – President of SPX Communication Technologies and Genfare at SPX Technologies – as candidate for BATTLESPACE Businessman of the Year 2024.

Tell us a bit about SPX Technologies and your role within the business.

SPX Technologies is a global specialist in building innovative next-generation technologies that ensure a smarter, more secure future for all. Since joining SPX in 2019, my role has evolved, and I am now President of SPX Communication Technologies – formed by TCI and Enterprise Control Systems – and the transportation company Genfare, as part of SPX Technologies detection and measurement platform.

With over 10,000 employees globally, I lead a team committed to making easy-to-use high-tech solutions that solve some of the world’s biggest challenges today. I’m proud to be on the company’s executive council for diversity and inclusion and a facilitator of the sponsorship of our executive leadership programme. I’m also part of our executive software council for engineering development, focused on innovation, and an executive leadership member for enterprise-wide activities and influence.

How did your career start?

Since my early college days in engineering, I’ve been excited about innovation and solving problems creatively, which is what I believe technology is all about. Regardless of the industry, I’ve always been a firm believer that you can innovate and solve problems, whether they’re purely technological or involve applications such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), or the Internet of Things (IoT).

After graduating, my work experience has been quite diverse. I’ve been fortunate to work in over 20 countries, within many disciplines and at different levels. Before joining SPX Technologies, I held executive leadership roles across CraneCo, including payment, merchandising and process flow technologies for the chemical, refining, and power industries. I spent over two decades at the intersection of growth, optimisation, and business acquisition, stewarding businesses and cultivating leaders in publicly traded B2B companies spanning fintech, retail, mobile, gaming, transportation, and industrial manufacturing. These experiences have ultimately allowed me to grow to where I am today at SPX Technologies.

How is SPX Technologies supporting modern battlespace operations?

Defence teams and governments rely heavily on real-time spectrum monitoring and data transmission that help protect entire communities within and outside national borders. At SPX Communication Technologies we specialise in Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum technologies which enables them to do this faster and more accurately than ever.

Our primary goal is to use our RF technology to deliver innovation and progress. It’s been three years since TCI and Enterprise Control Systems (ECS) joined forces and combined decades of expertise in RF countermeasures, encrypted data links systems, and leading RF detection and location systems, creating the global infrastructure we know today as SPX Communication Technologies. Since then, we’ve made some significant changes in our company structure, and rapidly expanded business operations,  culminating in multi-million contract wins for the first jointly developed BLACKTALON counter unmanned aerial systems (counter-UAS) solution. BLACKTALON is proven in active conflict and is currently deployed across the globe.

Can you go into a little more detail on BLACKTALON?

BLACKTALON is a scalable solution that detects, tracks, and defeats UAS engaged in hostile activity or surveillance by nuisance drone enthusiasts, insurgents, state actors, or hostile militaries. It provides comprehensive situational awareness and mitigation as a standalone or networked capability, a multi-layered counter-UAS, or a component of a Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD) system.

BLACKTALON’s cutting-edge technology provides defence and security teams with the necessary capabilities to maintain airspace dominance and protect critical assets from the evolving UAS landscape. What’s more, we’re currently working on taking this even further with advanced customisation features which we look forward to sharing in the coming months.

How are you helping defence teams stay one step ahead?

First and foremost, we listen to our customers. Their perspective is essential to informing our business strategy, particularly when it comes to product development and innovation. The SPX Communication Technologies team regularly meets with customers from across the world to learn about their challenges, how their requirements are evolving, and to ensure we understand their problems from their point of view.

We also review and assess global challenges and trends, which allows us to be ready to adapt and evolve as the world and our end-users require. Additionally, in order to best support customers, we’ve built a strong network of global in-country partners. Having these local representatives across nations allows us to keep up with local issues, identify specific needs and deliver the right products even faster – even in the places that are hard to reach due to geopolitical and social tensions.

The most recent example of this is SPX Communication Technologies’ extended partnership with Depicon, a Belgium-based business development company that has been granted exclusive rights to offer our Tactical Data Link portfolio to aerospace and defence organisations in the Benelux region.

Ultimately, in order to address challenges with the appropriate solution we’re combining our proven technology with local expertise to provide the appropriate solution.

To read the full press release in the Battlespace publication, please click here: BATTLESPACE interview with Eric Kaled, President at SPX Communication Technologies and Genfare (battle-updates.com)

SPX Communication Technologies spearheads an open-architecture Counter-UAS capability, combining its operationally proven BLACKTALON solution and decades of experience with a global network of providers to meet defence and security needs, threats, skill sets, and budgets.

June 27th, 2024 | Wappenham, UK – Radio frequency (RF) technology specialists SPX Communication Technologies today launches the BLACKTALON Ecosystem, a new Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) capability based on the operationally proven BLACKTALON solution.

The BLACKTALON Ecosystem integrates SPX Communication Technologies’ BLACKTALON C-UAS technology and decades of expertise in the space with a vendor-agnostic framework. This approach ensures solutions can meet every customer’s unique requirements. Defence and security teams gain from a tailored solution meet to their specific Concept of Operations, threats, user groups, existing capabilities, and budgets.

Customers also benefit from SPX Communication Technologies’ extensive experience developing C-UAS solutions for high-threat scenarios from Ukraine to Iraq and other active global hot spots. SPX collaborates closely with customers from their concept stage to operational deployment, ensuring solutions are optimised for specific user needs and mission objectives and remain supported throughout their operational life.

The core BLACKTALON solution includes carefully selected active radars, EOIR, passive RFDF, RF jammer, and mast configuration. While SPX will continue to offer this standard configuration, the open architecture of BLACKTALON Ecosystem allows any of these elements to be customised or replaced. This flexibility provides customers access to the latest systems and hardware capabilities without unnecessary barriers and in a suitable timeframe.

For example, customers could choose autonomous optical tracking from OpenWorks, cutting-edge 3D radar from US provider Echodyne, RF subsystems from SPX and mount them on a range of dispersed or centrally located mobile or transportable masts to provide a single scalable BLACKTALON counter-UAS capability.

These latest capabilities join the Ecosystem alongside existing providers Chess Dynamics, supplier of surveillance, fire control, and large positioning systems, and Blighter, the UK’s leading supplier of ground-based electronic scanning radar systems.

Graeme Forsyth, Counter-UAS Product Manager at SPX Communication Technologies, said: “The complexity and speed that modern conflict develops means it’s impossible for a single Counter-UAS provider to own all the necessary technologies to provide a best-in-class solution suitable for all forms of threats today and in the future. As a trusted partner for global defence and security teams, our BLACKTALON Ecosystem helps break down barriers to threat response. It continues evolving to support their counter-UAS need – all in close collaboration with customers, the industry, and supported by our proven technology.”

James Cross, Director at OpenWorks, said: “Collaboration is key in the development of successful Counter-UAS defence technology. Integration and flexibility are at the forefront of system capabilities and requirements. Our inclusion in the BLACKTALON Ecosystem reflects this, and we are proud to be involved with a system that allows end-users a fully customisable design depending on mission-specific requirements.”

David Montague, Director EMEAI at Echodyne, said: “Systems are evolving rapidly to address the Counter-UAS threat, with accuracy, flexibility, and ease of integration being key evaluation criteria. We are pleased to be included in BLACKTALON Ecosystem, which provides rich optionality for customers to easily tailor system design and performance to mission and location requirements.”

The BLACKTALON Ecosystem offering is now available. For more information, visit www.tcibr.com/blacktalon-ecosystem or email sales@enterprisecontrol.co.uk

About SPX Communication Technologies (TCI | ECS)

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

Formed by TCI and Enterprise Control Systems (ECS), SPX Communication Technologies and its Spectrum Battlespace portfolio enables defence and security teams to detect, defeat and exploit RF signals to enhance Communications Intelligence (COMINT) and Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS).

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, APAC, the Middle East, and Africa.

For more information, visit www.tcibr.com or www.enterprisecontrol.co.uk

Wappenham, UK – Enterprise Control Systems (ECS), part of the SPX Communication Technologies platform, today announces an expanded partnership with expert radiocommunication distributor SORRAC, to provide the French security and police teams with advanced Radio Frequency (RF) and Tactical Data Link capabilities.

The partnership agreement gives SORRAC rights to resell ECS Data Links capabilities in the region, where there is growing demand for secure real-time data transfer from air to ground to protect the nation and events such as the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. This extends SPX Communications Technologies’ existing relationship with SORRAC which provides defence and security teams with TCI’s Communications Intelligence (COMINT) capabilities.

Specifically, SORRAC will be able to sell ECS’s next-generation Evenlode Video and Audio Encoder / Decoder, its latest Tactical Data Link solution. It delivers improved low-latency, long-range, high-definition video and audio transfer for faster and more accurate intelligence gathering. Evenlode Video and Audio Encode / Decoder ensures timely and informed decisions can be made, even on the tactical edge. It also allows teams to select the latest mission-critical information required without disrupting the operation and simultaneously processing and transferring up to four video inputs for improved situational awareness.

James Cooke, European Business Development Manager at SPX Communication Technologies says: “After years supporting defence and security forces across Europe, the extended collaboration with SORRAC reflects our commitment to the French market and in delivering its teams the right technology for a more secure future. By combining our proven technology with local expertise we’re able to address challenges with the appropriate solution, a process based on listening and working collaboratively within the business, but also with customers and partners like SORRAC.”

Mr Ludovic Seixo Sales Manager at SORRAC says: “We look forward to expanding our collaboration with SPX Communication Technologies and delivering its Tactical Data Link technology to the French market. By continuing to combine our expertise, we’re confident in our ability to support customers in such a buoyant market and at such a critical time.”

About SPX Communication Technologies – ECS
Enterprise Control Systems (ECS), as part of the SPX 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 organisations that are conducting airborne ISR operations in the defence, security, and policing environments to transfer video and data securely and reliably 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 – in regions including Europe, APAC, the Middle East and Africa.

For more information on our Tactical Data Links, visit: Tactical Data Links – SPX Communication Technologies (enterprisecontrol.co.uk)

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