{"id":9338,"date":"2016-08-22T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=9338"},"modified":"2016-08-22T14:26:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:26:11","slug":"saab-grintek-to-provide-south-african-navy-with-tacticall-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2016\/08\/22\/saab-grintek-to-provide-south-african-navy-with-tacticall-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Saab Grintek to provide South African Navy with Tacticall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saab\u00b4s local South African Defence and security company, Saab Grintek Defence<\/a> has been awarded a contract by Armscor Institute Maritime Technology, for a TactiCall Integrated Communications System, which will be used to enhance the existing communications network at the Navy\u2019s Silvermine Maritime Domain Awareness Centre. The contract, was signed as a result of a live demonstration during a recent joint exercise and a close working relationship between the South African Navy and Saab<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TactiCall<\/a>, which will be installed at Silvermine, connects different communication technologies regardless of radio band, frequency and hardware, enhancing efficiency, overview and increasing operations tempo. The current system being installed can be further developed into a much more advanced TactiCall solution.<\/p>\n

A more advanced system will connect personnel across all communication media, including radios – Tetra, HF, VHF and UHF and phones, and creates a central control point for public address and general alarm, closed-circuit TV, video conferencing and non-directional beacons.<\/p>\n

The system connects all communication elements through a single IP network, creating TactiCall Nets, virtual talk groups with unlimited users to ensure efficient communication at all times. The central user interface supports a broad range of push-to-talk and audio devices, meaning that new clients can still use their existing infrastructure, avoiding many costs traditionally associated with migrating to a new system.<\/p>\n

TactiCall is managed via the Operator Control Panel, with a web-based application enabling the operator to manage the system via the internet. It supports user tasks by providing the operator with feature short cuts, and is also priority-based, so filters out functionality not needed at any particular time. In the future the solution could be upgraded to also include key features imperative to military operations, including secure voice separation with multiple levels of security.<\/p>\n

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