Precision timing rarely makes headlines, but it sits underneath nearly every secure military radio link. On July 2, The LGL Group, Inc. (NYSE American: LGL) announced that its portfolio company Precise Time and Frequency, LLC won a contract award supporting resilient defense communications in the Indo-Pacific region.
LGL is a holding company whose Precise Time and Frequency unit makes precision time and frequency instruments. Under the award, PTF will supply multiple advanced communications timing instruments with HaveQuick capability over a 24-month period. HaveQuick is a secure military radio capability that uses precise time synchronization to coordinate frequency-hopping among authorized radios, helping communications resist jamming and interference in contested-spectrum and GPS-denied environments. The order supports a partner-nation military communications program in the Indo-Pacific — a region where allied investment in hardened communications has been a persistent theme — and gives the small company a multi-year stream of defense-linked work.
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