Shipboard Integrated Communications System

{{Short description|Naval intraship and external communication system}}

The Shipboard Integrated Communications System (SHINCOM) is a naval intraship and external communication system manufactured by DRS Technology Canada (DRS TCL). It was developed for the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) {{Sclass|Halifax|frigate}}s. It also became part of the United States Navy's (USN) Aegis Combat System, through which it was exported to other foreign navies.Thorsteinson: page 26

By 2017, SHINCOM had been installed on over 150 warships.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadiandefencereview.com/news?news/2389 |title=Leonardo DRS Awarded U.S. Navy Contract for Communications System |date=15 November 2017 |website=Canadian Defence Review |accessdate=30 May 2019}}

Versions

;SHINCOM

Original version installed on RCN Halifax-class frigates.

;SHINCOM II

Developmental version using commercial off-the-shelf standard programming language and interfaces, instead of proprietary standard. Developed in the late-1990s by DRS TCL with the Canadian Department of National Defence.

;SHINCOM 2100

Production version developed from SHINCOM II and deployed by the RCN.

;SHINCOM 3100{{cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/article/88930/tactical-communications-for-jss-cs19d2 |title=Tactical communications for JSS [CS19D2] |date=30 May 2019 |website=Jane's 360 |accessdate=30 May 2019}}

Variants

The first version of SHINCOM won sales to the United States military at the same time it was installed on the Halifax-class frigates.

The underlying technology of SHINCOM 2100 contributed to the AN/ON-568 Secure Voice System, which was a part of the USN Aegis Combat System. SHINCOM 2100 was exported to navies that also bought Aegis. In USN service, SHINCOM is known as the Integrated Voice Communications Systems (IVCS).

Operators

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References

;Bibliography

{{cite journal |last1=Thorsteinson |first1=Janet |title=Canadian Naval Technology Earns Global Sales: In the Beginning was the Canadian Patrol Frigate |url=http://www.navalreview.ca/wp-content/uploads/public/vol5num1/vol5num1art6.pdf |journal=Canadian Naval Review |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=25–27 |date=Spring 2009 |publisher=Mulroney Institute of Government, St. Francis Xavier University |isbn=978-1-935352-45-7 |access-date=30 May 2019 }}

Category:Military electronics