Military Applications for Industrial Memory

Military standards

Many of our products meet MIL-STD-810F specifications, including:

shock & vibration
immersion (IP65/67)
salt and fog
blowing dust/sand
freezing rain
and more...

Crypto Igniton Keys

Datakey Electronics is the recognised leader in Crypto Ignition Keys (CIKs).
Throughout the years, Datakey Electronics has continuously demonstrated the ability to successfully design and manufacture portable memory systems for CIK applications that work reliably under harsh environmental conditions in tactical settings.

Crypto Ignition Keys

Longevity

Every product can be re-ordered during the lifespan of the product the OEM builds it into.
Some products are still in use after 20 years.

Brent secure phone

Uses

Our products are used in

secure voice communications
secure data communications
data transfer
calibration & parameter uploads
feature enable/ disable
and more...

Bar series

The Bar series is ideal for use in the defence/ military sector:

It features an on surface mounting system, avoiding the need to give up large amounts of panel space or interior volume
Rated to MIL-STD-810F for immersion, salt fog, freezing rain and solar radiation

Bar on surface mounting

Defence/ Military

The first thing to stress when attempting to illustrate how our products are used in the defence/ military sector is that, like many suppliers in this field, we don’t always know what our products are going to be used for. Furthermore, even when we do know what the products are doing, we always maintain our customer’s confidentiality, so it is difficult for us to cite current case studies. However, we are able to illustrate some older examples below, but it is important to remember that applications for our products are only limited by the imagination.

In many instances, the appropriate Government or military bodies, or Government suppliers, came to us because they were aware that our keys will not become redundant any time soon. We are committed to ensuring that every product we sell can be re-ordered during the lifespan of the product the OEM builds it into, the Brent phone is a great example of this kind of longevity, because it has been in use for nearly fifteen years.

High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE)

Nexus products are a key component in modern military innovations such as the High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE), a new generation of network encryptors designed to provide user data confidentiality, traffic protection and integrity at the IP layer.

Our products have been an integral component in military secure communications for many years now, perhaps more famously for the Brent secure phone, a secure ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) telephone, which protects voice and data up to and including top secret and all UK caveats.

The Brent phone encrypts a voice digitally, ensuring that the two people on either end of the phone are actually who they claim to be. Our memory tokens are used as part of the CIK that is inserted into the phone.

Secure applications for military and Government

Our memory tokens are also used in security applications by both the military and the Government. Some of these are two key systems, in which one key is assigned seniority as a ‘supervisor’ key. Both keys are required if a certain action, ranging from opening a door to gaining access to armaments, is to be performed in the system. This kind of operation often features a record keeping function on the key, which can be as complex as the software that runs it. Normally though, the minimum data it would record would be the location of the key and the activities it has been used to perform.

Secure communications

Datakey Electronics and the US Department of Defense worked together to create STU-III: a secure telephone unit that would encrypt or ‘scramble’ voice calls. Users simply insert a pre-programmed KSD64A Crypto Ignition Key into each phone. STU-III keys are used on phones made by AT&T, Martin Marietta, Motorola and RCA.

Data transfer

Every day, the US Armed Forces needs to transfer cryptographic code to communications equipment on vehicles, ships and planes. Datakey Electronics created the KSD-1 memory plug, which meets military specifications by being water resistant, heat resistant and cold resistant – yet is small enough to fit in portable communication devices.

Applications

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