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AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorsSteven Frederic Davidson, Daniel Gerard Maglaya, Donald A. Sofia, Stuart John Collar, Jeffrey Jay Stone
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A communications interface adapter facilitates both wired and wireless communications between crew members of a vehicle having a wired intercom and has an intercom communications circuit having an input/output port for providing electrical communication between the interface adapter and the wired intercom and also has a fixed radio transceiver. The fixed radio transceiver comprises a receive circuit for receiving radio communications and for communicating the received radio communications via the intercom communications circuit to the wired intercom of the vehicle and a transmit circuit for transmitting communications received via the intercom communication circuit from the wired intercom of the vehicle. A crew member is provided wired communications with the wired intercom when the crew member's headset is in electrical communication with the wired intercom and is provided wireless communications with the wired intercom via the fixed radio transceiver and the crew member's portable radio transceiver when the crew member's headset is not in electrical communication with the wired intercom.
A communications interface adapter in communication with first and second antennas for providing full duplex communication between multiple users having radio transceivers, the communications interface adapter comprising:
A communications system having first and second antennas for facilitating full duplex communication within a transceiver network defined by a plurality of transceivers via a communications interface adapter, the communications system comprising:
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