L-3 TE said its engineers have been working with Air Force personnel at Edwards Air Force Base to test a down-conversion scheme designed to ensure optimum functionality with no degradation to existing performance. Edwards Air Force Base recently added the C-Band frequencies and recommended a down-conversion scheme to the Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) telemetry standards.

   L-3 TE said the IRIG 106 standards would be published in the next few months. “Once the document is published, L-3 TE plans to announce it has an IRIG standard method for handling C-band down-conversion for ground receivers used throughout the world,” the company said in a statement.

Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.