MaX-ADAPTR
Overview:
The MaXentric Advanced Digital Array Processor & Recorder (MaX-ADAPTR) is a sophisticated family of technology platforms designed to passively detect, record, and analyze electromagnetic signals in complex environments. This solution utilizes a "Dual-Facet" architecture that combines a wideband digitizing receiver for broad search capabilities with a narrowband, high-precision receiver for detailed signal monitoring. By leveraging COTS-based FPGA hardware and SOSA-compliant standards, the platform provides a low-SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) solution capable of operating in the congested electromagnetic environment of a battlefield.
Key Details:
• Dual-Facet Architecture: The system offers dual HW options including a wideband chain (up to 4 GHz instantaneous bandwidth) for detecting fast-moving signals, operating in parallel with a highly linear narrowband chain (120 MHz bandwidth) for tracking specific Signals of Interest (SoI).
• Standards Compliant & Interoperable: The platform utilizes Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) compliant hardware, including VPX cards and backplanes, ensuring modularity and compatibility with various vendors.
• Advanced Data Processing: It features a server-based backend software suite that allows for real-time display, storage, replay, and classification of spectrum measurements.
• Robust Signal Capture: The system is designed to handle spectrally challenged environments using innovative multi-mode spiral antennas and flexible RF front-end architectures that cover a frequency range from 20 MHz to 40 GHz.
MaX-RG-R20mhz18ghz
High Fidelity Narrowband RF Recorder
Targeted for a formal product launch in the first quarter of 2026, the MaX-RG-R20mhz18ghz is a COTS-based high-fidelity monitoring receiver and recorder designed for high-precision signal capture. It utilizes licensed technologies for advanced tuner designs, including sub-octave preselectors and dual conversion methods, to ensure robustness against false reception and high linearity.
Key Details:
• Broad Frequency Coverage: Operates across a frequency range of 20 MHz to 18 GHz.
• Signal Processing Power: Features powerful FPGA technology offering an instantaneous bandwidth of up to 120 MHz with up to five Digital Down Converter (DDC) channels.
• Ruggedized for Harsh Environments: Encased in a waterproof, IP65-rated housing suitable for MIL-STD testing and certification.
• Optimized SWaP: Delivers high performance in a small form factor weighing approximately 26.5 lbs (12 kg) with a total power consumption of roughly 100 Watts.
• Integrated Demodulation & Timing: Includes analog demodulators for AM and incoherent FM/PM and a built-in GNSS module for precise internal reference timing.
Saber-MaX-SFF
Small Form Factor Wideband RF Recorder & Search Receiver
The Saber-MaX-SFF is a compact version of MaXentric's wideband acquisition system, designed for applications requiring high mobility and minimal physical footprint. Built upon the Mercury Quartz 6353 Platform, this device centers around an AMD ZYNQ UltraScale+ RFSoC, providing significant processing resources in a package small enough to be easily deployed.
Key Details:
• Ultra-Compact Size: The unit measures approximately 9.57” x 5.65” x 3.53” and weighs less than 8 lbs, making it highly portable.
• High-Speed Digitization: Features 8 Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) sampling at 5 GS/s with 14-bit resolution, supporting a 6 GHz analog bandwidth.
• Advanced Processing Capabilities: Includes over 4,000 DSP slices and multiple integrated processing units (Quad Core ARM Cortex-A53 and Dual Core ARM Cortex R5F) to handle complex array processing.
• Durability: Meets IP67 specifications for dust and water immersion and utilizes conduction cooling.
• High-Speed Connectivity: Equipped with dual 100GigE and 1GigE interfaces for rapid data transfer.
Saber-MaX-XL
VPX/SOSA Based Wideband RF Recorder
The Saber-MaX-XL serves as the high-performance, computationally intensive variant of the Saber-MaX line, housed in a ruggedized SOSA OpenVPX enclosure. This system is specifically architected for complex tasks such as wide-band digital beamforming and large array processing, leveraging a high-speed digital backplane to interconnect multiple processor cards.
Key Details:
• Scalable Architecture: The OpenVPX chassis supports multiple processing cards, including FPGA RFSoCs, Single Board Computers (SBCs), and GPUs, allowing the system to be tailored to specific mission requirements.
• Vendor Agnostic Design: Designed for compatibility with 3U cards from multiple vendors, allowing customers to source components like RFSoC cards without hardware reconfiguration.
• High Bandwidth Throughput: Combines a 10GigE network switch with direct backplane links to enable high-capacity multiprocessor operations.
• Proven Reliability: The chassis and architecture are proven, having been tested in airborne environments by the Navy.
• Complex Signal Operations: Capable of low latency digital frequency translation, adaptive digital beamforming, and support for waveforms such as BE-CDL.
