Combat Search & Rescue Radios
A Lifeline for Isolated Personnel
For more than 30 years, General Dynamics’ Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) radios have provided a reliable lifeline to ensure that isolated military personnel can be located with confidence. In a search and rescue operation, time is of the essence, and luck is not a strategy.
Featured Program: Next Generation Survival Radio
The U.S. Air Force has selected General Dynamics Mission Systems to be the single developer and provider of the Next Generation Survival Radio (NGSR) for the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense. The Next Generation Survival Radio will be designed to deliver secure, end-to-end communications for combat search and rescue missions to help locate, authenticate, and communicate with personnel who become isolated.
U.S. Air Force Utilizes HOOK3 Radio During Simulated Rescue Mission
Our HOOK3 Combat Survival Radio team recently joined an Air Force Operational Unit Evaluation which included a simulated search and rescue mission to locate a downed NASA crew.
The exercise simulated a launch abort and subsequent splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, out of range and out of reach of existing planned rescue resources.
Complete Combat Search & Rescue Solution
The General Dynamics HOOK3 CSAR System provides multiple communication paths to support all phases of a combat search and rescue mission. The system is comprised of the HOOK3 radio, the handheld Quickdraw2 Interrogator and the SATCOM Base Station. Our HOOK3 system delivers field-proven capability, encrypted two-way messaging, GPS positioning data and turns virtually any aircraft into a CSAR platform simply by plugging the Quickdraw2 into the intercom.