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Personnel Recovery Device
Second-Generation Personal Locator Beacon
About
Safran Federal Systems’ Personnel Recovery Device is the world’s first personal locator beacon built specifically for the US Army that utilizes the Second Generation Cospas-Sarsat signaling technology for the most demanding search and rescue environments. It’s a robust, ruggedized, dual mode, user-friendly beacon that has introduced many new innovations in this version of the modern beacon.
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This is the smallest, most capable PRD designed to meet Army-specific requirements.
– Portable
– Rugged
– Secure
State of the Art Design
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Weighs a mere 7 ounces
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Operates continuously over a 36-48 hour period
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Wraparound flexible antenna
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Commercial GNSS chipset
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Operated by a single hand even when wearing CBRN gloves
More Key Features
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Simultaneously supports the critical CONOPS as a device of last resort for electronic distress alerting
- Designed to meet MIL-STD environmental conditions
- Provides a simple user interface
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Field/User replaceable CR-123 batteries
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Dual mode capability; Adaptable to customer requirements
- Second-generation 406 MHz Distress Signaling Capability
- Extremely Low-SWaP Form Factor