Taiwan to adopt next-generation airborne radio from Rockwell Collins

Taiwan will be the first international customer to adopt Rockwell Collins’ latest-generation AR-1500 networked communications airborne radio. The radios will be built in Taiwan by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) under a manufacturing license agreement and will allow for the introduction of country-unique capabilities. As a member of Rockwell Collins’ TruNet™ family of radios, the AR-1500 provides secure transfer of data, voice and imagery between ground and airborne elements during missions. To meet requirements internationally, the radio can be customized to include country-specific waveforms while conforming to the latest software-defined radio architecture.