E-LynX is a product family of digital military radio equipment (
software defined radios, SDR) from
Telefunken Radio Communication Systems GmbH & Co. KG, the German subsidiary of the Israeli
Elbit Group. The system is used by several forces like the
Nederlandse krijgsmacht, the
Swiss Army
The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, r ...
, the
Indian Forces and other. Up from 2019, the
Army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
of German
Bundeswehr
The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...
equipped its forces with E-LynX PNR 1000 in a portable and vehicle version.
The radio enables voice and data communication for a variety of application scenarios and units. The devices enable data, voice and video transmission at the same time. The system enables real-time positioning of one's own forces based on the integrated “
Blue Force Tracking” capability. A multi-hop process is intended to significantly increase the range and to improve network agility and robustness and also reducing of latency.
The E-LynX devices are used by the Bundeswehr at troop, group,
platoon
A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two or more squads, sections, or patrol
A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as Law enforcement officer, law enforcement officers, military personnel, or Security guard, secur ...
and company level, as well as on board various combat vehicles such as the
SPz PUMA.
References
Software-defined radio
Command and control
Indian Army
Communication Systems of Bundeswehr
Royal Netherlands Army
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