Interoperability, Reliability & Security

REDCOM systems are built to perform reliably and consistently, and are rugged and field-proven in the harshest environments. All REDCOM products are designed, manufactured and supported out of our state-of-the-art facility in Victor, NY, USA.

REDCOM builds the interfaces and supports the protocols that enable secure and interoperable communications for government and defense users. REDCOM solutions connect multi-technology networks for Joint, NATO, and Coalition Forces, delivering maximum interoperability and support of International Telephony Standards including: SIP, SCIP, V.150.1, T.38, IPv4, IPv6, ANSI 619a, MLPP, Q.955, C7, SS7, GR-303, V5.2, CAS, DTMF, MFC/R2, MF/R1, FGC, CLASS, ISDN, PRI/BRI and Euro ISDN.

REDCOM's TRANSip® IP Technology Suite is based on the SIP industry standard and is the breakthrough technology behind the REDCOM HDX•C, SLICE 2100, SLICE IP and SLICE IP Micro, delivering tactical, strategic and secure VoIP through an integrated SIP Call Manager with IP Trunking, Media Gateway and Media Gateway Controller capabilities. The TRANSip suite enables the convergence of tactical and strategic networks built from a broad range of technologies, including:

• Data: VoIP, IPv4, IPv6, SIP, AS-SIP
• Conventional: T1, E1, ISDN, EURO-ISDN, V5.2, E&M, Loop, MFC R2, Magneto
• Satellite: IP, C5, T1, E1, echo cancelling
• Radio: Military & commercial, PTT, VOX, DTMF
• Secure Interfaces: Sectera SWT, SWT-R, vIPer, Secure Iridium Gateway, STE, STE-R, OMNI, Guardian, TRI-TAC, Secure Radio, KY-68

REDCOM systems support US, NATO, COALITION and NGO’s in the many theaters of operation around the world.  Our ability to interoperate with virtually any telephone communications system on the globe provides the flexibility needed by our deployed troops to meet virtually any voice communications need. REDCOM systems can boast interoperability from the latest Unified Communications AS-SIP phones to rugged magneto crank-phones, all in one system. The ability of our systems to interoperate with legacy systems allows network planners to utilize existing functional legacy resources in their communications plans, easing deployment issues and lessening mandatory capital expenditures. 

The REDCOM Advantage

• Secure Gateways: REDCOM secure gateways provide STE-R and SWT-R secure connectivity to/from any other network type. Provides the capability to access an external database for Classified Number Lookup based on Un-classified Received Digits.
• Combat Proven Global Deployments: REDCOM products have been used by US military forces around the world for more than 30 years. Thousands of switches in SWA are deployed with the Air Force, Marines, Army, and Coalition elements (HDX, IGX, SLICE, SLICE 2100).
• Survivability: REDCOM switches are combat proven, able to resist dust storms, rough handling, and tough environmental conditions.  Navy depth charge qualified for submarine use.
• Integrated SIP/TDM platform: The SIP and TDM call manager is tightly coupled.  Most of the special TDM capabilities are also usable by the SIP subscribers.
• Standards-based: Supports global TDM standards as well as SIP standards, including US Unified Capabilities AS-SIP protocols.
• Secure SIP: Both certificate registration and secure SIP (SRTP) is provided
• Command Conferences: Provides special command features in conferences, such as loudest talker switching, priority talker, listen only, preset, meet-me and progressive, all in one conference.  Can conference radios, consoles, analog circuits, digital circuits, IP circuits, and more. Supports MLPP, large conferences, and Carrier Operated Relay (COR) through the conference.
• MLPP Support: Nobody does this better. JITC certified DSN level MLPP, plus E1/R2 priority MLPP mapping, and additional useful attributes.
• Radio Interface Support: The HDX and SLICE 2100 radio cards provide “hard” PTT, VOX, and DTMF Pressel keying, as well as announcements, tones, security check, echo-cancellation, and more.  Three external audio monitor port line outputs and discrete lead drivers suitable for console LED driving are also provided. The audio monitor ports can be accessed internally to the network via dial-up calls (with dial plan restrictions, password and ANI screening if desired). This combination of features allows great flexibility for special applications.
• V.150.1 Modem Relay: REDCOM helped pioneer the development of the Modem Relay protocol for NSA’s SCIP protocol, including interoperation with the GD vIPer phone. 

A pioneer in government & defense communications

REDCOM can claim many "firsts" with its products, including:

• First switch with secure radio interface
• First switch with STE-R interface (Black to RED gateway)
• First switch with KY-68R interface (Black to RED gateway)
• First switch with SWT-R interface (Black to RED gateway)
• First switch with Secure Iridium interface (Black to RED gateway)
• First switch to tandem AUTOVON MLPP between DTMF, MF, US ISDN, EURO ISDN, R2, and others
• First switch to provide MLPP capable combined Pre-Set, Meet-Me, and Progressive conferences
• First switch to implement NSA’s V.150.1 MER 2.0 IP protocol
• First switch to demonstrate IPv6 in a real world military network

DISA UC APL

REDCOM’s software Version 4.0 for the HDX and SLICE family of products, along with Teo® IP phones as the end instrument, have been placed on the Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Products List (APL) and certified for use as Local Session Controller (LSC) by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Unified Capabilities Certification Office (UCCO). The UC APL lists products that are available to the Department of Defense (DoD). To be placed on the UC APL, products must be evaluated and achieve certification for information assurance (IA) and interoperability (IO) by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC).

The LSC is responsible for enforcing Assured Services Session Initiation Protocol (AS-SIP) trunk policies, such as Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption (MLPP), for calls made from SIP phones. MLPP ensures that the most important calls get through during crisis situations and it is an essential element of command and control.

REDCOM’s solutions offer powerful UC capabilities including AS-SIP, IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, MLPP, seamless converged TDM/IP interoperability, secure communications via the Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP), V.150.1, and much more.

With Version 4.0 certification and listing on DISA's UC APL, warfighters on today’s modern battlefield can be confident that their calls will get through, backed by the reliability and extensive interoperability of REDCOM products operating in a Joint environment. 

For a complete list of REDCOM products that are available on DISA’s UC APL, please visit https://aplits.disa.mil/processAPList.do and select REDCOM from the drop down vendor menu.

REDCOM Products Support AS-SIP

REDCOM is a key partner with DISA in implementing the Assured Services Session Initiation Protocol (AS-SIP), as defined by the Unified Capabilities Requirements (UCR) technical standards for telecommunication switching equipment. AS-SIP is a defined set of SIP signaling standards incorporating DoD Assured Service functionality, including MLPP for establishing communication with resource priorities, ensuring system and network access and control, and providing precedence and pre-emption policies to assure connectivity for command and control.