When it comes to the acquisition of technology, there is often a large delta between price and cost, especially in the tactical environment. Price is what you see upfront when purchasing a piece of technology. But this initial price is often very misleading, as it fails to account for the hidden costs to deploy, integrate, and maintain the technology over its lifetime. 

REDCOM has always been committed to minimizing the true cost of ownership by offering: 

  • A single-vendor solution 
  • Reduction of lifecycle costs 
  • Simplified licensing 
  • Interoperability with current, future, and legacy technology 
  • Sparing of resources 
  • Increased resiliency 

AN ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION 

REDCOM provides a single-vendor solution for command-and-control hardware and software. As an all-in-one comms solution, Sigma delivers voice, video, chat, conferencing, transcoding, session control, console, and RoIP. This makes it easy to purchase, install, and learn Sigma, since all core C2 functions are in one place. And because our solution set is standards-based, users are never locked into a proprietary ecosystem. 

REDUCTION OF LIFECYCLE COSTS 

As a single-platform solution, REDCOM Sigma naturally comes with fewer licensing costs and minimal support and training requirements. Support, training, licensing, configuration, acquisition, upgrades, security patches, and hardware maintenance are all included in a single affordable Support Plan. Even with all of these benefits, should a user choose to run Sigma without the support plan, our products will continue to work.  

This single-box solution delivers the following key benefits: 

  • No external server required 
  • No 3rd party applications required 
  • No need for LTE reachback – works in DDIL environments 
  • Fully interoperable with both IP and RF networks 

SIMPLIFIED LICENSING 

REDCOM’s goal is to reduce the complexity of procuring tactical communications solutions. REDCOM offers a simplified licensing model that makes procuring and deploying Sigma systems very straightforward. All Sigma capabilities are controlled through a single license file. While Sigma offers a full suite of C2 functions, if a user only needs one particular feature (such as conferencing), we make it easy to buy and implement just that feature. 

INTEROPERABLE WITH LEGACY RESOURCES 

With REDCOM, you never have to worry about the massive cost of upgrading everything at once. Our technology enables the smooth adoption of new technology while maintaining interoperability with legacy devices.  

REDCOM Sigma allows end users to avoid the dreaded “rip and replace” model that has become all too popular with technology vendors. Our Sigma software is interoperable with existing endpoints, allowing these assets to be used until they are retired on your terms.   

Similarly, our Sigma XRI platform enables the crossbanding of existing radio devices with each other and with new technology, giving new life to existing — but still functional — equipment. The XRI’s crossbanding capabilities ensure that proven and reliable RF networks can continue to coexist and interoperate with Software Defined Radios or MANET systems. 

SPARING OF RESOURCES 

Resource sparing will be realized by reducing required contract support and Signal resources. The simplified REDCOM solution enables the system to be managed and maintained with organic resources within the unit. In addition to reducing the number of required Signal resources, REDCOM technology minimizes the need to bring contractor support into hazardous areas, promoting an efficient “shoot, move, and communicate” operation. REDCOM Sigma effectively spares resources and increases efficiency without impacting operational capacity or resiliency.  

INCREASED RESILIENCY 

Resiliency is a key attribute for any system required for Operations and is realized through distributed management and redundancy. By supporting connectivity across a broad spectrum of communication paths, Sigma allows for the continuity of operations in the denied, degraded, intermittent and limited bandwidth environment. This takes mental strain off of the warfighter, providing assurance that there will always be a communication path available. Integrated resiliency doesn’t just save on costs, but it may also save lives as well.