TRUNET™ ARC-210 RT-2036(C) NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS AIRBORNE RADIO

NEXT-GENERATION CAPABILITY
THAT FITS EVERY MISSION
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THE NEXT-LEVEL RADIO FOR EVOLVING GLOBAL NEEDS

Strong communications are critical to every mission you This powerful radio is in broad use today, providing secure and
carry out. Not only for the fast-changing environment of highly adaptable communications worldwide. It’s procurable
the modern battlespace, but also to take advantage of through normal USG channels and via foreign military sales
new and evolving technologies. (FMS) and it’s simple to integrate.

The Collins Aerospace TruNet™ ARC-210 RT-2036(C) Fortify your missions – current and future – with the RT-2036(C).
networked communications airborne radio delivers
software-defined capabilities. It’s designed to stay
advanced as needs and missions change.

Capabilities
EXTENDED RANGE LINE OF SIGHT AND BLOS

• 30 MHz -1.8 GHz

• AM/FM VULOS

WAVEFORMS

• Electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM)

- SATURN Edition 3 and 4
- HAVE QUICK I and II
- SINCGARS/ESIP
• SATCOM
- MUOS
- DAMA
- Integrated waveform
• Additional capabilities
- JPALS
- Warrior Dot
- Link-4A
- Link-11/Link-22
- L-band networking capable

ENCRYPTION

• Embedded TSV-2 modernized encryption

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4 PROVEN FLEXIBILITY

MEET YOUR IDEAL SYSTEM A powerful feature of the radio is its superb
past performance and global footprint.
With over 50,000 Collins AN/ARC-210 radios
deployed across 80 countries and over 140
different platform types, chances are there’s
an ARC-210 flying near you. The RT-2036(C)
is fully interoperable with earlier airborne
V/UHF variants from Collins.
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ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM FEATURES EASY INTEGRATION

• Flexibility built in – meets the demands • Type 1 NSA certified
AND GROWTH
of a quickly evolving threat environment • Enables proven, fully secure communication
• Form-factor consistency eases integration:
• Cost-effective – addresses the financial • Interoperable with Collins and non-Collins
impracticality of continuous - 15+ legacy variants
V/UHF radio systems
hardware changes - RT-2036 to Type 1 COMSEC
• Delivers critical, high-speed, ad hoc
• Software Communications Architecture • The RT-2036(C) retains the same form factor
networked communications between
(SCA) 2.2.2, enabling quick porting versus as the 629F and Talon radios it replaces.
aviation forces and mobile ground forces
full development - Software evolution allows field-loadable
• Provides beyond-line-of-sight connectivity
• Data and networking updates for faster deployment and
for data, voice and imagery
lower costs.
• Encryption options include: interoperability • Enables software/network management
with external encryptors; and internal
• Offers L band connectivity and IP-based
encryption capability
networking waveforms

• Supports the TruNet networked

communications concepts
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ARC-210 RT-2036 PRESENCE BEYOND AIRBORNE

In addition to airborne applications, the ARC-210 family also serves surface ships and
ground installations that include:

Shipboard installations Ground installations

U.S. NAVY U.S. AIR FORCE (USAF)

• Littoral combat ship (LCS) 1, LCS 2 • Remote radio secure voice system (RRSVR)
• Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) • Command and control (C2) shelters
• CVN-69, CVN-72, CVN-77 • Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN)
• DDG-85 – DDG-92 • DOD Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs)
• LHA-6, LHD-8
ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS
U.S. COAST GUARD
• Ground facilities such as air traffic control and UAV
• U.S. Coast Guard cutter: WMSL 750, 751, 752, 753 control centers

INTERNATIONAL

• New Zealand’s navy, among others

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BACKUP WHENEVER YOU NEED IT

From instructor-led programs to self-directed study, we offer a wide range of training

solutions for operators and maintenance personnel that improve job performance
and reduce overall program life-cycle costs. Our instructional system design specialists
develop comprehensive training solutions that include needs assessments, planning,
development and ongoing reinforcement to meet your unique requirements.

ARCHITECTURE
• Platform integration – engineering support, start to finish

• Training and assistance available onsite

• Standard one-year warranty; extended warranty available

• Performance-based logistic solutions

• Manufacturing license available (where authorized)

• Onsite test and check capability, with onsite repair

 8 A LEGACY OF INNOVATION

A PIONEER, ALWAYS PUSHING FORWARD

Part of a powerful family
Collins brings nearly 90 years of radio communications innovation experience to • TruNet™ ARC-210 RT-2036(C) networked communications airborne radio
the RT-2036(C). Our radio technologies have played critical roles in the success of • TruNet™ AR-1500 networked communications airborne radio
challenging missions, from making history as part of humankind’s first steps on the • TruNet™ AN/PRC-162(V)1 two-channel networking ground radio
moon to today’s dynamic battlespaces.

The RT-2036(C) is part of the TruNet family of communications solutions.

Over the last 25 years, more than 50,000 of our ARC-210 radios have served the
Every element within this family smoothly interoperates with all the others
communications needs of 45 nations on more than 180 platforms. Our customers
and designed for true connectivity between your airborne and ground
have put their trust in our technologies and support for decades and we will continue
forces across the entire battlespace.
to earn that trust in the decades ahead.

• We’ve designed the RT-2036(C) to provide complete interoperability with

our earlier airborne V/UHF radio variants.

• The RT-2036(C)’s full software programmability keeps the radio ready to TruNet ARC-210 RT-2036(C)

advance with the changing needs of our customers. networked communications

airborne radio (one channel)
• With SATURN waveform capability, the RT-2036(C) can meet UHF voice
and data communication requirements well into the future.

TruNet AR-1500 networked

communications airborne radio
(one channel)

TruNet AN/PRC-162(V)1/
GR-2500 two-channel
networking ground radio
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WHERE WE ARE

World leader in airborne tactical communications

World-class production

50K+ >45 • Wideband networking radios

terminals nations >150 25+ years
• Software reprogrammable radios
• Tactical networking

airborne SDR
terminals per month communications

180+
platforms

WHERE WE ARE GOING

System design and waveform integration for the future needs of the U.S. and allied communities

• Maximum • Higher • Expanded

global support capacity international
footprint

• Greater country
sovereignty

• Ease of
integration • Enhanced
customization
capabilities
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Ancillaries
REMOTE CONTROL UNITS

822-2092-002 Half-size control (C-12719A\379F-22)

822-1276-006 Full-size control (C-12561B\379F-16B)

HIGH-POWER AMPLIFIER

822-2852-001 High-power amplifier (AM-7642 )

622-9465-001 HPA mount

LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER/TRIPLEXER

822-2857-001 Low-noise amplifier/Triplexer (MX-12366)

REPROGRAMMING KITS

822-3614-001 Reprogramming case w/1553 Card (RRS-200)

822-3614-002 Reprogramming case w/o 1553 Card (RRS-200)

PC-BASED CONTROLLER SOFTWARE MOUNTS

984-6059-002 Receiver transmitter tool set (RTTS) 622-4934-001 Isolated (MT-4935/ARC)

622-8766-001 Low profile (MT-6567/ARC)

822-1708-001 Link 11 smart mount (994M-4A)

822-1708-002 Link 11 smart mount, isolated (994M-4A)

CONNECTORS

988-9200-003 RT mating connector kit

Documentation 988-9200-005 C-12561B RCU mating connector kit

946-0PU7-001 Equipment specification 988-9200-033 C-12719A RCU mating connector kit

946-0PU8-001 Interface control document (ICD) 988-9200-034 AM-7642 MUOS HPA mating connector kit

987-0081-501 Installation drawing 988-9200-008 MX-12366 LNA/T mating connector kit

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TRUNET ARC-210 RT-2036(C) SPECIFICATIONS

FREQUENCY RANGE EMBEDDED COMSEC FUNCTIONALITY WAVEFORM OPTIONS

• Coverage: 30-1850 MHz • KY-58 • SINCGARS/ESIP

• VHF 30-88 MHz close air support • KYV-5 (ANDVT) • HAVE QUICK I and II

• VHF 108-118 MHz navigation • KY-100 • SATURN Edition 3 and 4

• VHF 118-137 MHz air traffic control • KG-84A/C • Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS)

• VHF 137-156 MHz land mobile • KGV-11 • MIL-STD-188-220 B/C/D w/change

1 Combat Net Radio
• VHF 156-174 MHz maritime • Thornton Smart Fill
• Scan (four channel)
• UHF 225-512 MHz military/networking/ • Fascinator (FED-STD-1023)
homeland defense • V/UHF LOS: AM voice/data, FM voice/data
• Crypto modernization IAW Tactical Secure Voice
• UHF 764-805, 806-824, 851-869, 869-902, (TSV-2) (Suite A) • ATC (8.33 kHz and 25 kHz channels)
935-941 MHz (public safety bands) with embedded FM immunity

• L-band 1250-1450, 1755-1850 MHz SATCOM • Link 11 (with external audio interface)
(military networking) • Dedicated: MIL-STD-188-181B • Public Safety IAW TIA-603-C, including CTCSS
• 5 kHz DAMA: MIL-STD-188-182A and CDCSS
CHANNEL BANDWIDTHS
• 25 kHz DAMA: MIL-STD-188-183A
5 kHz, 8.33 kHz, 12.5 kHz, 25 kHz, 1.2 MHz, 5 MHz, FUTURE GROWTH
• Integrated waveform: MIL-STD-188-181C/-183B
10 MHz, 30 MHz and software definable • SATURN Enhanced Data Rate (SEDR) Edition 4
• MUOS
• APCO 25
TUNING • MIL-STD-188-187
• Airborne Networking Waveform (ANW)
1.25 kHz, 8.33 kHz increments

ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
TRANSMIT OUTPUT POWER
• Full-size remote control unit C-12561B
• AM: 10 W-15 W (30-400 MHz)
• Half-size remote control unit C-12719A
• FM/PM: 15 W-23 W (30-450 MHz)
• High-power amplifier AM-7642
• FM: 5 W ± 1 dB (450-512, 764-805, 806-824, 851-869,
896-902, 935-941 MHz) • LNA/Triplexer MX-12366

• FM/PM: 20 W (1250-1450, 1755-1850 MHz) • Isolated and low-profile mount

• AM-7642 125 W PEP/50 W average for SATCOM/

Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)
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