Harris Corporation

Eric Petkus

Timothy F Dyson

Joshua P Bruckmeyer

Russell Wayne Dellmo

Bruce Wayne Yancy

Jason Plew

Lawrence Richard Waldo

Daniel John Bricher

David Anthony Bolick

Gregory Andrew Hyland

Scott Richard Newland

Systems () and methods () for providing Digital Selective Calling ('DSC') based services. The methods involve: using Space-Born Maritime ('SBM') receivers of satellites () deployed in space as a satellite constellation to collect and process DSC emergency messages transmitted from DSC transmitters of terrestrial radios; using the satellites to position validate the DSC emergency messages; determining first positions of the DSC transmitters in transit based on geolocation data and time location data respectively assigned by the satellites to the DSC emergency messages; and validating the first positions to more precise second positions based on results of cross-correlations of the geolocation data and time location data with Automatic Identification Systems (&#x201c;AIS&#x201d;) data obtained for the DSC transmitters.

Systems and methods for space-based digital selective calling

Systems () and methods () for providing Digital Selective Calling ('DSC') based services. The methods involve: receiving, by a satellite () deployed in space, a DSC emergency message transmitted from a vessel () located in a body of water on Earth; and performing operations by the satellite to deliver the DSC emergency message to an appropriate authority located on Earth.

A cryptographic device may include a cryptographic module and a communications module removably coupled thereto. The cryptographic module may include a first housing, a user Local Area Network (LAN) interface carried by the first housing, and a cryptographic processor carried by the first housing and coupled to the user LAN interface. The communications module may include a second housing and a network wireless LAN interface carried by the second housing. The network wireless LAN interface may be coupled to the cryptographic processor, and it may be switchable between wireless LAN modes.

Modular cryptographic device providing multi-mode wireless LAN operation features and related methods

A cryptographic device may include a cryptographic module and a communications module removably coupled thereto. The cryptographic module may include a first housing, a user network interface carried by the first housing, a cryptographic processor carried by the first housing and coupled to the user network interface, and a first connector carried by the first housing and coupled to the cryptographic processor. Furthermore, the communications module may include a second housing, a second connector carried by the second housing and being removably mateable with the first connector of the cryptographic module, and a network communications interface carried by the second housing and coupled to the second connector.

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Eric Petkus