LTE  |  2022-11-26

Bittium to Supply the Finnish Defence Forces with More Bittium Tough SDR™ Tactical Radios

Curated by: Gert Jan Wolf - Editor-in Chief for The Critical Communications Review

Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces for tactical Bittium Tough SDR™ handheld and vehicular radios. The value of the purchase order is approximately EUR 4,3 million (excl. VAT). This purchase is the first optional additional purchase related to the purchase agreement signed on December 12, 2018. The radio deliveries related to this purchase order will begin during the year 2022. The purchase order does not change Bittium’s financial outlook for the year 2022, published in Bittium Corporation’s Business Review January-September 2022 on October 21, 2022.

Bittium Tough SDR handheld and vehicular radios will replace the Finnish Defence Forces’ existing stock of analogue tactical radios with modern software defined radios intended for broadband tactical communications. The radios will also offer significantly better performance for the Finnish Defence Forces compared to the earlier generation digital tactical radios. The Tough SDR radios are compatible with the software defined radio based Bittium Tactical Wireless ...