European Secure Software-defined Radio

European Secure Software-defined Radio is a planned European Union Permanent Structured Cooperation project for the development of common technologies for European military software-defined radio systems, to guarantee the interoperability and security of voice and data communications between EU forces in joint operations, on a variety of platforms.

History

The project was based on United States' Software Communications Architecture and Joint Tactical Radio System, to which Thales was a major contributor. Germany initially did not participate in ESSOR, developing instead its own SDR system, Streitkräftegemeinsame, verbundfähige Funkgerät-Ausstattung.

Consortium

The work of development is being carried out by a consortium of private companies, one from each member country, including Thales, Leonardo, Indra Sistemas, Radmor, Bittium and Rohde & Schwarz.