SELEX Communications
SELEX Communications, a Finmeccanica Company, is a global supplier of advanced communication, navigation and identification solutions to protect communities and critical national infrastructure. With over 100 years of exp......SELEX Communications, a Finmeccanica Company, is a global supplier of advanced communication, navigation and identification solutions to protect communities and critical national infrastructure. With over 100 years of experience and driven by a relentless quest for innovation, the company delivers advanced, secure, integrated and interoperable networked solutions for governmental, civil and military applications. SELEX Communications represents the convergence of all of Finmeccanicas manufacturing activities in the telecommunication sector. Our history is about telecommunication solutions, for all activities and requirements. We belong to a larger family, the "SELEX" family, which summarizes Finmeccanicas defense electronics activities. SELEX Communications employs about 4.700 people. Headquartered in Italy and with worldwide offices and facilities, SELEX Communications has the global presence to provide its customers with the solutions and support they need - anywhere, anytime. Our Mission SELEX Communications will be recognized as a multi-national company with a multi- domestic specific target market, being one of the world major suppliers of Secure Communication System solutions leveraging on Finmeccanica Aerospace & Defence and active on Professional and Civil niche business segments. One hundred years of innovation At SELEX Communications, we are proud of our heritage, rich in communications and defense electronics industry innovation.We entered the business world at the turn of the 20th century, when the Chiefs of Staff of Defense understood the importance that radio communications would play in future military operations. Throughout the years the company diversified its activities - to include professional mobile radio, space, avionics, command and control systems, networks for terrestrial and naval applications and more - and expanded globally to become a multinational company that generates roughly half of its income on the international market. Today, SELEX Communications is a global supplier of advanced mission-critical communications, navigation and identification solutions to protect communities and critical national infrastructure that generates roughly one-half of its turnover on the international market. Our Activities Avionics SELEX Communications offers a very flexible and extended capability in products and system integration gained in more than 40 years collaboration with the major aircraft manufacturers. With a complete portfolio of CNI (Communication, Navigation and Identification) and Mission Support integrated equipment and systems, SELEX Communications offers a wide range of avionics solutions for both fixed and rotary wing aircraft for different operational requirements including combat, transport and search and rescue. SELEX Communications provides also a range of identification equipment and systems, called "IFF" ("Identification Friend or Foe"), which satisfies the most recent NATO and civil aviation standards, like Mode 5 and Mode S. Furthermore the Company designs and produces other avionics systems such as Laser Warning receivers, Crash recorders, and Store Management Systems and it is involved in Display and Control Panels production. SELEX Communications equipment, systems and networks assure interoperability in a high level digitalized battlefield with NATO forces, military helicopters, maritime strike/attack aircraft, AEW/AWACS, other MPA, friendly land forces, and NATO Maritime Headquarters, also during Peace Keeping operation. Thanks to its technical and commercial program management capabilities and its continuous process of technological innovation, SELEX Communications is a partner in many major European and international aeronautical co-operation programmes. Today SELEX Communications avionics fly on some of the most advanced aircraft worldwide, from AWACS and C-27J/C-130J to Eurofighter and JSF, from Agusta Bell Helicopters to NH-90 and EH 101. Military & Space SELEX communications is recognized worldwide for its advanced, field proven, fully integrated military communications solutions for strategic, tactical, naval and satellite applications. Our state of the art solutions are particularly suitable to satisfy the requirements of communications in hostile environments such as peacekeeping, emergencies, armed conflicts and other similar situations where secure and reliable communications are essential to ensure success during operations. Our land and satellite systems and networks meet challenging C2 requirements supplying the transmission of voice, video and data and are fully integrated and fully interoperable with the new network centric warfare architectures. Designed to offer maximum level of robustness and reliability, they are capable to withstand to difficult environmental conditions and to electromagnetic disturbance, either jamming or noise.
