ACORDE Technologies - Systems and Components for Satellite Communications

ACORDE is a leading designer and provider for the high-tech RF satellite communications sector with a global product range in all satellite frequency bands for both commercial and military applications: L, S, C, X, Ku and Ka band.

ACORDE is active internationally, mostly in the military field in X and Ka bands. We are fully certified to ISO 9001:2000 and NATO quality certified AQAP 2110.

HIGH-TECH PRODUCT ENGINEERING

ACORDE is focused on the development and manufacturing of high-tech subsystems and components for the space, telecommunications and defence sectors, with a focus on terrestrial radio-communications systems, including:

• Subsystems for satellite communications; the design and development of special components and equipment for the earth segment
• Custom design of components and subsystems for radio-communications; such as transceivers, SSPAs, BUCs, single and multi-channel frequency converters, LNAs, LNBs, TLTs, front-ends, multicouplers and new satcom on the move solution for trains and vehicles

MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

ACORDE has a wide range of military satellite communication products from L-band to Ka-band, components for earth stations, transceivers, BUCs, frequency converters, SSPAs, LNBs, LNAs from S-band to C-band, X-band, Ku-band and Ka-band. Powers up to 300W in C-band and X-band and 20W in Ka-band are available.

AIRCRAFT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

ACORDE is also a provider of components for aircraft radio-communications fulfilling MIL-STD-810E or MIL-STD-167.

SATCOM ON THE MOVE

Satcom on the move for trains combines a bidirectional satellite link with a distribution system on the train to provide Internet access to the passengers of high speed trains and high data rate communications to terrestrial vehicles. Satcom on the move satellite communications system can be used for high-speed data communications for broadband services (internet, multimedia) by passengers, as well as railway control and telemetry applications.

Satcom on the move also has applications for military vehicles. ACORDE has developed X-band and Ku-band antenna satellite systems combined with terrestrial broadband communications, such as WiMAX, to provide communications to military convoys on the move and to military forces deployed in locations where there is no communication infrastructure in place.

KA-BAND COMPONENTS

Ka-Band components are a specialty of ACORDE, including BUCs and SSPAs with output power of 2W, 4W, 10W and 20W. LNBs for civil and military frequency bands and frequency converters are also offered.

WIRELESS SENSORS

ACORDE Research has an intense engagement with different fields of telecommunications ranging from space and aeronautics to homeland security, wireless sensors and next generation radio-communications systems. In European, ACORDE is involved in projects including the V, VI and VII framework, mainly related to WLAN, WPAN and beyond 3G, but also in applications like wireless sensors for aeronautics and space.

ACORDE SECURITY

ACORDE Security develops solutions in the field of public and private security to meet security threats to critical infrastructure, including:

• Sensors and RFID for ports, airports, logistic and transport companies
• Internet solutions for rail and metro tunnels
• Security against threats to power stations: tailored solutions for solar parks, wind-generation installations or nuclear power stations
• Re-establishment of security in the case of crisis: wireless systems that guarantee connection via satellite, establishing redundant wireless networks, mobile transmission units in vehicles or trains, and wireless security solutions for city halls

CUSTOM DESIGNS

Design capability, both of systems and components, is without question one of ACORDE’s strengths. Custom design allows specific products to be tailored to special applications, fulfilling individual customer’s specifications.

ACORDE can offer satellite communication products that differ from standard, from DC up to Ka band, and can develop self-contained power supplies and control cards to suit the needs of the client.

FACILITIES

ACORDE’s facilities are in Spain, with their main office in Santander. ACORDE works with representative companies in the American, Latin American, Indian, Asian, and Middle Eastern markets, and is focused on providing personal support according to the needs of each country or region.

ACORDE US Inc, a division of ACORDE, has recently been created in Massachusetts, in the US.