Racal Acoustics Ltd

Racal Acoustics, now an integral part of Esterline Technologies, is a world leader in military communications systems, supplying high quality, state-of-the-art audio ancillaries designed to operate in the harshest military environments.

Military Communication Systems

With origins dating back nearly a century; Esterline Racal Acoustics has a prestigious track record in supplying products, systems and support to over 100 armed forces and to numerous military communications projects worldwide. Our extensive knowledge of military operational requirements, combined with our considerable development and production resources, enable us to continually deliver the clearly intelligible front-line communication solutions that the market demands. In addition, our recent acquisition by Esterline Technologies gives us access to a wealth of aerospace and defence expertise in the Esterline group of companies to further shape our new product developments.

Our products feature innovative technologies and capabilities that provide rugged and reliable solutions to the challenges presented to today’s mounted and dismounted military forces, including noise reduction, hearing protection, situational awareness and highly intelligible communications.

Our ability to deliver market leading solutions has been recently demonstrated by our RA5000 Raptor and RA5500 Frontier product ranges. Raptor, the headset of choice for use in medium noise environments, and Frontier, the ideal in-ear headset for the dismounted infantryman, continue to deliver excellent communications performance, hearing protection and situational awareness to support today’s demanding operational tempo.

Lightweight and In-the–Ear headsets

Esterline Racal Acoustics has a range of lightweight “over the ear” and In-the-Ear headsets which are ideally suited for use by dismounted infantry. They enable connection to a range of military soldier radios ensuring clear communications between the members of a squad. These enable free and easy movement, add little weight to the soldier, provide clear communications, situational awareness and can offer excellent hearing protection.

Military High Noise headsets

Aimed at the mounted community, Esterline Racal Acoustics’ high noise headset provide optimum protection in high noise environments, specifically the noise profile found in tracked vehicles. These headsets employ circumaural earcups and Active Noise Reduction to protect the user in a nosy environment and allow them to communicate clearly.

Rugged Communication Systems

All of Esterline Racal Acoustics’ products are rugged and reliable to withstand the rigors of operating in all military environments. They withstand an extensive range of temperature, water ingress and humidity to ensure they continue to operate in all conditions.

                                              Speech Intelligibility

A clear speech intelligibility in voice communications, especially operationally in the military, is paramount. Hearing clear speech is based on excellent voice transmission and the reduction of noise at both the transmitting and receiving ends.

Military Hearing Protection

In either the mounted application, where low frequency tracked vehicle noise can damage hearing or for the dismounted soldier, where impulse noise from blast or gun shot can be equally damaging, the soldier needs their hearing to be protected. This can be achieved passively with either a circumaural (ear muff) style headset or an In-the-Ear headset. For the mounted, low frequency noise, the addition of Active Noise Reduction is essential.

Situational Awareness

Whilst protecting the soldiers hearing, it is vital to enable them to remain “in tune” with their local environment. Being able to hear what is going on around you is a significant element in operational effectiveness.

Esterline Racal Acoustics supplies an extensive range of military ancillaries including high noise circumaural headsets, tactical lightweight headsets and field telephone communications.