PLATH Corporation continues its growth strategy and makes a strategic investment in BitRecords GmbH. The Flensburg-based company was founded in 2012 by the two managing directors Paul Hecke and Ivo Risch. The company specialises in the development and production of components and complete systems for automated information processing. This includes, in particular, products for the demodulation of broadband signals in real time. BitRecords GmbH thus complements and expands the product and solution portfolio of the entire PLATH Group with the ability to analyse radio signals in critical situations without any time delay, thereby making decisions even faster.

In the course of the investment, individual companies of the PLATH Group and BitRecords will work closely together and appear jointly on the market. Customers such as system integrators will thus benefit from an attractive overall offer in the future: the sensor products of PLATH Signal Products GmbH & Co. KG both locate and detects radio signals, which are in turn processed and demodulated in real time using BE-Com products from BitRecords. The software of the PLATH Group company PROCITEC GmbH can then process and analyse the signals. The result is a powerful solution from a single source.

‘By acquiring a stake in BitRecords GmbH, we are further expanding our product portfolio and will be able to put together even more attractive solution packages for our customers,’ explains Dr Ronald Meixner, managing director of PLATH Signal Products GmbH & Co. KG. ‘The demodulation technology of BitRecords GmbH complements our product range in a crucial aspect – information processing is significantly accelerated similar to the effects of a booster. Our customers benefit from this in critical situations where every second counts. They can now make their decisions even faster.’

‘We are pleased to have found a renowned partner in the market with the PLATH Group,’ says Paul Hecke, managing director of BitRecords GmbH and head of hardware development. ‘We gain additional market access and sales opportunities as a result. In return, the PLATH Group can benefit from our technology. This is a classic win–win situation for both sides.’

‘We are looking forward to the collaboration and are convinced that our two companies and our joint customers will stand to gain from this,’ adds Ivo Risch, managing director of BitRecords GmbH and head of software/firmware development.

Detailed information on the PLATH Group’s entire range of services can be found on the website www.plathgroup.com. Information on BitRecords GmbH and its products can be found at www.bitrecords.de.

Automatic classification of pulsed emitters is a major challenge in today’s dense, agile spectrum of operation. The PULSAR system detects, locates and monitors emitters in real time. It stores detected emitters within your Area of Interest (AoI) in the emitter library and can separate them from each other in future operations – for an improved spectrum awareness and early warning.

The self-sufficient system is suited for stationary and mobile use on any platform – no matter if operated manually, automatically or via remote access. For more flexibility, you can integrate the PULSAR system into your platform of choice. If necessary, our experts can offer technical assistance for your integration.

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• High accuracy and sensitivity:
     Highest probability of interception (PoI) by real time intrapulse analysis
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The series is complete: PLATH GmbH & Co. KG has handed over all 12 mobile, protected COMINT systems (MoGeFA) to the customer on schedule. MoGeFA is a series of modern reconnaissance systems of the Bundeswehr; they are mounted on mobile all-terrain, armoured, multipurpose platforms of the Yak type and can thus be deployed on a mobile basis. In 2016, the authority of the German Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) awarded the contract for a total of 12 vehicles to PLATH as general contractor through the military organisational division Cyber and Information Space (CIR). The vehicles of the last batch of this series have now been handed over to the BAAINBw as planned.

The business division PLATH S&I as part of PLATH GmbH & Co. KG was mainly responsible for coordinating the entire project and the suppliers. These include major industry players such as Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH or ELETTRONICA GmbH as well as INNOSYSTEC GmbH and PROCITEC GmbH, as independent companies within the PLATH Group. The transport vehicles of the Yak type provided by the Bundeswehr were each equipped with a fully integrated COMINT system, including all the necessary hardware and software systems by the participating companies under the management of PLATH S&I. PLATH S&I took over the integration of all components into a powerful overall system.

The mobile protected COMINT systems make an important reconnaissance contribution to the situational picture and directly support operational command in the field. With MoGeFA, the Bundeswehr now has a highly mobile and powerful system with all the necessary capabilities for COMINT.

‘At the time it was awarded, MoGeFA was the Bundeswehr’s largest project ever awarded to a medium-sized company,’ emphasises Dr Michaelsen, CEO of PLATH GmbH & Co. KG. ‘It was also the first Bundeswehr project in which a specialised company from the reconnaissance industry, PLATH, assumed the general contractor role for the entire platform. We are proud to have now completed this important major project within the agreed time frame and budget, thus assisting the Bundeswehr in fulfilling its security mission.’

ICAS 14 has been released and offers a variety of useful features that further optimise the software. Among other things, the new release improves the interoperability of ICAS, reporting and user-friendliness.

Deeper integration of ICAS into existing IT environments
ICAS 14 now offers two new interfaces in REST API format, allowing external systems to access ICAS. With the REST API SAL (Signal Activity List), queries can be made and their results transmitted – for instance, in the form of audio recordings or decoded texts. A list of tasks, including status and details, is made available via the REST API tasking interface. It can also be used to start and stop tasks. This improved interoperability within ICAS allows even better integration into existing systems.

Reporting – improving transparency and strengthening cooperation
Reports are now managed centrally in ICAS 14 and can be easily shared between users. Changes to reports can also be followed. made are traceable. For even more transparency, information about activities (e.g. creator and export profile of the report) is displayed in the reporting overview. Thanks to customised templates and database fields, as well as the automatic filling of selected fields, reports can now be created much faster than before. In addition, their creation is much easier to integrate into customer-specific workflows and organisational requirements.

Optimised user-friendliness
The user-friendliness of ICAS has also been optimised with this new release. For a better overview, the layout of the SAL filter criteria has been standardised and entries in context menus have been re-sorted and grouped allowing functions to be found and executed more quickly.

In addition, scrolling and zooming in the spectrum have been made more intuitive. The user can now also zoom in and out on the time, frequency and dB axes using the mouse. This simplifies manual work in the spectrum and data can also be found more quickly.

For faster processing of signal tables, entries can now be called up consecutively via key combinations. Among other benefits, the user can recognise more quickly whether an audio recording contains speech and whether further analysis makes sense.

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