Defense
Made in the USA: Engage products are used by all branches of the military, NATO and armed forces across the world.
Vehicle-based Satellite Communication System
Incorporating Redundancy into Critical Defense System
Encryption of Sensitive Military T1/E1 Circuits
Protect sensitive voice, data and video interoffice communications from risk of interception and abuse.
On Land, Sea, Air, and Space
Our products provide Defense organizations with innovative and cost effective solutions that connect network elements, protect critical circuits and secure network traffic and cryptographic keys.
Connecting Type 1 encryptors to IP networks, enabling high availability for critical Defense networks, COTS encryption, and delivery of network timing are some of the functions performed by Engage solutions for Defense departments.
Success Story
Mission Critical: RS530 Serial-over-IP Conversion encrypted with a KIV-7M
Typical Deployment Scenarios
1.KIV-7M Between Two IP-Tube RS530s
Scenario: Secure transmission over IP
Setup:
End A: Serial Network/Device ↔ KIV-7M ↔IP-Tube RS530 ↔Ethernet/IP
End B:↔ Ethernet/IP ↔ IP-Tube RS530 ↔KIV-7M ↔ Serial Network/Device
Use Case: Data is encrypted before encapsulation into IP packets. The IP-Tube transparently transports encrypted RS530 serial data over Ethernet/IP.
Key Point: The IP-Tube does not interfere with encryption — it treats the encrypted data as just another serial bitstream.
2.KIV-7M Behind IP-Express RS530
Scenario: IP WAN interfacing with legacy serial encryption
Setup:
End A: IP Network LAN ↔IP-Express RS530 ↔ KIV-7M ↔Serial Network/Device
End B: Serial Network/Device ↔ KIV-7M ↔IP-Express RS530 ↔IP Network LAN
Use Case: Where the IP-Express is acting as a WAN bridge for a serial device that expects encrypted traffic or is feeding into an encryptor.
Key Point: Like the IP-Tube, the IP-Express operates at Layer 2/physical level and transparently passes encrypted data.
Technical Compatibility
RS530 Interface: Both Engage products support RS530 physical and electrical specs — same as the KIV-7M.
Clocking Options: The Engage gear can be configured for DCE or DTE timing to match the KIV-7M’s serial mode (which is typically DTE).
Bit-Transparency: These devices pass all bits, including control characters, so they do not disrupt encrypted payloads.
Latency and Jitter: Designed to minimize these to maintain compatibility with timing-sensitive encryption devices.
Success Story
Mission Critical: Serial-over-IP Conversion
Engage’s IP•Tube was selected for serial-over-IP conversion, according to the Program Manager, due to its environmental robustness and Engage’s willingness to customize its final configuration.
Engage’s modifications, including multiple hardware and software design changes, to theIP•Tube configuration allowed the contractor to meet the government’s upgraded performance requirements. This responsiveness included on-site collaboration.
“Engage’s willingness and commitment to delivering an absolutely rock solid IP•Tube configuration helped us finalize what we ultimately delivered to the government. Their commitment included sending personnel to our R&D facilities, which helped us greatly during the prototyping phase.”
A Mission Critical Experience
With the system now in use around the world, the IP•Tubes are doing their job every day.
“Overall, Engage provides great customer service and a solid product. The IP•Tubes have proven to be very robust, stable, and super reliable after deployment in the field.”
Highlighted Solutions
Defense Industry Feedback
“The Department of Defense Service Branches are very good, and very thorough when developing standards, and then evaluating equipment and components to those standards. They do multiple vendor comparisons, and pick the very best. Engage’s IP•Tube GT1 was judged to be the best TDM over IP technology for voice transport in this system, and was therefore included in the spec.”
“Engage has simply been a great company to work with, they are always dependable and attentive to our program needs, whether it was cost, schedule, or performance.”
