Advanced Radio Network Planning for Electromagnetic Operations
Reliable communication and resilient spectrum usage are critical factors for modern defense and military operations. Commanders and operators must ensure that their communication systems and electronic warfare equipment function seamlessly, even under complex and dynamic conditions.
SPECTRAemo supports mission success by providing a powerful planning environment dedicated to electromagnetic operations. With its high-performance offline capabilities, the tool helps military users quickly evaluate radio coverage, anticipate potential interference, and make informed spectrum decisions.
By enabling efficient channel assignments and clear visibility of the electromagnetic environment, SPECTRAemo empowers users to prepare, adapt, and operate with confidence. It is designed to strengthen operational readiness and support spectrum superiority in every mission scenario.
Key Features SPECTRAemo for Tactical Radio Planning
Empowering Armed Forces with precision, automation, and resilient connectitivity
Electromagnetic Coverage (Modeling) Prediction
SPECTRAemo embeds a rich library of wave-propagation models tailored for defence and security use. It lets planners simulate expected signal strength and field levels for communication, EW, radar, drone, or sensor systems under realistic terrain, clutter, and atmospheric condition - all in one unified planning tools. You can run analyses on a single emitter or across a full network of stations. Whether you want to predict how far a radio link will reach or understand reception across an operational area, SPECTRAemo gives you that insight.
Spectrum Deconfliction
SPECTRAemo provides powerful tools to analyze and mitigate interference in complex operational environments. It calculates interference contours for multiple stations, highlights overlapping areas, and considers both nuisance fields and usable field strength. The system supports different summation methods, steady and tropospheric interference scenarios, and user-defined protection ratios to match mission requirements. Intermodulation effects can also be assessed to detect hidden risks. The result: more robust spectrum planning, fewer surprises in deployment, and cleaner electromagnetic environments under real operational conditions.
Offline High-Performance Planning
SPECTRAemo is designed to deliver fast and reliable results, even without network connectivity. By leveraging multithreading and parallel processing on up to 32 cores, the tool can execute numerous calculations simultaneously, significantly reducing planning time. All computations run as optimized 64-bit services, ensuring stability and efficiency under heavy workloads. Dedicated local databases allow instant data access and rapid queries, eliminating delays caused by external dependencies. This high-performance offline capability makes SPECTRAemo a dependable tool for time-critical missions, where speed, accuracy, and independence from external infrastructure are essential.
Mission-Ready Link Planning
SPECTRAemo allows planners to evaluate radio links in detail, from single connections to complex networks. The tool analyzes path profiles between stations, taking into account line of sight, Fresnel zones, terrain, clutter, and potential reflection points. This precise assessment ensures that users can determine whether a link will perform as intended under real conditions. Beyond individual links, SPECTRAemo also supports the planning of MANET networks, clearly showing which connections are reliable and which may fail. This enables military users to design resilient networks and avoid weak links before deployment.
Structured Data Management
SPECTRAemo uses a dual-database approach to keep reference data safe while enabling flexible planning. Authoritative records, such as technical parameters or validated templates, are stored in a protected reference database accessible only to users with the right permissions. Planners can then draw on this information in their own working environment without the risk of altering or corrupting critical data. Dedicated databases for stations, antennas, protection ratios, and tactical radio templates simplify the creation of new records. The system also supports multiple import and export formats, making it easy to exchange data with allied forces, joint operations, or civilian organizations. This structured approach ensures consistency, speeds up planning, and enables interoperability across missions.
Automation & User Guidance
SPECTRAemo streamlines complex planning tasks with a powerful scripting and macro language. Repetitive processes can be pre-defined, allowing planners to focus on mission objectives instead of technical details like propagation models or mapping parameters. Less experienced users can execute guided workflows with confidence, while advanced users benefit from greater speed and consistency. Entire analyses can even be automated and run unattended, for example overnight, ensuring that critical results are ready when needed. This combination of automation and guidance enhances efficiency, reduces errors, and supports mission readiness under time-sensitive conditions.