VROD/VMAX American Versatile Radio Observation and Direction System
VROD/VMAX
Description: VMAX is a low-power, wideband, fast-scanning, software defined transceiver and direction finding system that can detect, locate, monitor, and jam Radio Frequency (RF) signals. The system can be utilized in multiple configurations: man-worn/pack, vehicle based, and fixed site. Barely the size of “a lightweight backpack,” the vehicle- and -infantry portable kits come with two primary capabilities: VROD (Versatile Radio Observation & Direction) to “detect and understand” enemy electromagnetic signals, and the so-called VMAX to “search and attack” with “electronic attack effects”. Operational Relevance: Networked VROD & VMAX sensors at the squad level provides the ability to identify Signals of Interest (SOI), and leverage the system’s signal intercept, monitoring, direction finding (DF), and Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) capabilities to provide near real time indications & warning (I&W) threat tipping, electromagnetic spectrum monitoring (ESM), and geolocation information to the operational commander.