KIV-78 — Mode 4/Mode 5 IFF Crypto Appliqué

Features

• Small appliqué design, removal leaves host equipment unclassified
• Capable of concurrent Mode 4/ Mode 5 operations as well as concurrent interrogator/transponder operations
• Performs black key management supporting up to three months’ worth of keys for Mode 4 and Mode 5 IFF and stores these keys in encrypted format, allowing black key recovery
• Capable of both battery powered (Cold Load) and prime powered (Warm Load) key loading via DS-101
• Compatible with both the CYZ-10, PYQ-10, KIK-20 and other EKMS308/608 compliant DS-101 key load devices
• Time-of-day services, status reporting, and host key management services
• KIV-78 interface is specified in the Department of Defense AIM 04-900 document and is NSA-certified

General Specifications

• AIMS 03-1000
• AIMS 04-900 Option A
• STANAG 4193
• EKMS 308/608
• MIL-STD-810F
• MIL-STD-461E

Modes of Operation

General Dynamics’ KIV-78 supports three power modes of operation:

• Storage Mode — minimum of eight years in benign environments
• Key Retention (Code Hold/Cold Load) Mode — minimum of six months
• Prime Power Mode — IR & XP simultaneously

IFF Crypto Support Tools

Emulator: Performs Mode 4 and Mode 5 interrogate and transpond functions that are compliant to 04-900 Option A with respect to interface voltages, waveforms and timing. However, this emulation does not use actual cryptography, and therefore is not a CCI device.

STE: Performs closed box confidence testing on KIV-78 and emulator to verify unit is functional. The STE can also be used to collect crypto status, verify QKEK, check for low battery, and confirm which image versions are loaded.

Specifications

Literature

• KIV-78 Crypto Appliqué Datasheet [PDF]