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This is the last in the family series of UHF SATCOM radios from Motorola.

It was designed to be DAMA capable from the beginning. 

This radio sold for about $40,000 new.

Basically - this was a very nice radio.

From an order placed with Motorola:

UHF Secure TACSAT Transceivers with embedded Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) 
for the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft to be used for world-wide voice 
and data communications. The following characteristics must be met: 

1) Form, Fit and Function of the Motorola LST-5D transceiver, 
2) 25 kHz non-DAMA wideband (up to 16 k/b), 
3) 225-399.975 MHz frequency range, 
4) 5 kHz and 25 kHz channel splicing, and, 
5) +/- 1ppm frequency accuracy. 

The ARIA fleet consists of three EC-18B and four EC-135E aircraft. The Secure TACSAT 
Transceiver shall operate in an airborne environment over a temperature range 
of 0 to 50 degrees Celsius (C) without special heaters or installation/handling 
procedures and shall have a non-operating outside temperature range 
of -40 to +85 degrees C. 

The system shall operate in humidity up to 95% relative and at pressure altitudes up to 10,000 feet. 

The system must meet the airworthiness requirements of MIL-E-5400 for 
Aerospace Electronic Equipment and shall be produced in accordance with MIL-STD-810.