For more than 40 years, SYNOPSIS Corporation Group has been designing solutions for testing Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems from customer’s requirements, based on mature technological bricks. SYNOPSIS solutions make the most of digital and RF domains and aim at simulating high-fidelity signals and radar echoes as realistic as SYNOPSIS addresses both Military and Civil applications. SYNOPSIS market is worldwide and is addressed either directly or through representatives depending on the country. SYNOPSIS has prestigious references on both its domestic market and abroad.
SYNOPSIS Corporation Group specializes in the design and manufacture of simulation products for testing EW, RADAR and TELECOM systems. Our solutions are used in Hardware In the Loop(HIL) applications in both open-loop and closed-loop configurations and in both injection and radiation (Over The Air (OTA)) modes. Our solutions offer both pre-computed & replay and real-time types of simulation.
SYNOPSIS Corporation Group’s simulators line of products is based on a highly evolved architecture of software, high-speed digital processors, and RF assemblies used to simulate analog or digital modulation signals in complex electromagnetic environment.
Simulators designed by Synopsis Corporation Group from customer’s requirements are used to generate digital signals for injection into Radar, EW, ELINT or COMINT receivers or other digital networks. Low level RF signals, including their multi-port direction finding antenna systems (Amplitude, Phase, Time delay, Doppler, Antenna Beam Forming Unit), can also be generated for both injection and radiation Over The Air (OTA) modes. SYNOPSIS Corporation Group’s solutions are also used for Electronic Attack simulation (ECM) or Electronic Protection Measures (ECCM) and for Jamming Techniques effectiveness evaluation.
Finally, SYNOPSIS Corporation Group’s solutions for generating high-fidelity radar echoes can also be used to test or evaluate radar sensors considered in the automotive domain for ADAS or autonomous driving systems.
SYNOPSIS Corporation Group’s simulators line of products makes maximum use of building blocks and COTS elements, such as desktop and industrial computers or work stations in PCI, Compact PCI, VME, PCI Express formats or Open VPX, as well as DSP & FPGA technologies which offer the re-programmability, modularity and expandability suited for Research, Development, Test, Evaluation and training environments.
The following is a partial list of SYNOPSIS Corporation Group’s customers that have been provided with ESM test and evaluation systems, EW training equipment, RF modules, Microwave and RF System engineering and services:
French Government
Canadian Government
China Organizations
United States Government
Other Governments/Organizations
Commercial Compagnies
1972 CAL EW Simulator study awarded (by DND-DRDC) – Canada
1978 Omega Technologies - France
RF modules design and Study
First development of RF high-speed synthesizer
Military Training & design of RF components
1981 CAL - Creation of Defense Electronic Group
Radar Signal Simulator contract = first TActical Signal Simulator (TASS) for Canada (Multi-emitters = 8)
1983 Award of DRYAD I (U.K - Naval ESM) + NATO FORACS etc..
1987 Delivery of first 8 port DOA modules and On Board Trainers OBT for UK Navy
and RACAL ESM (embedded stimulator) designed the first DTO
(digitally tuned oscillator for RADIAN)
OMEGA Technologies awarded of COMINT Simulator (DGA/CELAR)
1992 Omega Technologies
Introducing FAST – Frequency Agile Synthesizer Technology Wide Band High Speed Synthesizer
1993 Creation of Omega Simulation Inc. (Ottawa) with OMEGA-Technologies (France)
Purchased the Defense Electronic group of CAL and TELEMUS (DRFM proprietary design for ECM-ECCM)
Sold the first ever DSP-based EW simulator (DND-Ottawa)
1994 OMEGA take over GIGA Modules (FUJI Group Japan)
Development of new wide band microwave modules for EW
1996 Overseas delivery of wide band RF stimulator (0.5-40GHz)
and VHF simulator (5 to 500MHz)
1997 Thomson-CSF (now THALES) acquires Omega Technologies
Omega Simulation provides HW, SW and Technical Support to Software Kinetics (now Xwave)
Development for DND using core technology from Omega Simulation
1998 Creation of Synopsis Corp. and Synopsis 3s Corp.
Development of PC-based EW simulator product family
1998 Generation of very complex EW signal for (DGA/CELAR)
Delivery of: SAR, GPs, IFF, COMINT simulators SIGINT real-time data processing and recording systems
1999 Synopsis Castor (Castor Technologies) joins the Group
Provides key elements to Xwave for MEWSIC, SISWS, …
2003 New AWAACS synthesizer introduced by Synopsis Corp.
Consolidation of our SIGINT activities (MA/COM, EDO/Sensytech,
Wavecom, Hoka, QinetiQ …)
New DRFM based on technology 4GHz I&Q 10/12bit
2004 Award of:
Real time TSS simulator for USNAVY
2005 Award of:
RTG simulator (Finland)
TSS simulator (Finland)
2006/2007 Award of:
3 RTS simulators (India)
SAR simulator (Spatial SISE)
2008 Award of 12 RTS-MPU (THALES)
GRS simulator (ASIA)
Award of 2 AWAACS40000A for Agile Radar test bench (ASIA)
2009 Award of 2 TSS simulators (NAVAIR USA)
Award of 2 AWAACS for satellite telecom facility EADS/ASTRIUM (France)
Award of 2 AWAACS40000B for Agile Radar test bench (ASIA)
2010 Creation of Synopsis Instruments (Former Europtest SAS) phase noise instruments.
Purchase and move to a new building facility 3,950m2 (42,500 square feet)
Award of 2 AWAACS18000B for Agile Radar test bench (ASIA)
2011 THALES selects SYNOPSIS for Export TSS simulator
New developments:
AWAACS new upgrade with 80dBc spurious and harmonics
NTS2010 and NTS2410 & NTS2420
2012 French MOD selects SYNOPSIS for Phase Noise Analyzer
New developments:
PANAM series (Phase & Amplitude Noise Analyzer & Meter)
Complete Microwave modules line of products
Synopsis Castor became Synopsis Technologies
2013 Keysight (Agilent) Technologies agreement as Solution Partner
OKTAL-SE as Synthetic Environment partner
SILICOM Labs as GNSS partner
THALES selects SYNOPSIS for RAFALE program TSS simulator for ESM
2014 Award TSS simulator with AWG capabilities
AWGUP 18GHz IBW development
AWGUP converter for M8190A for AIRBUS D&S Germany
2015 SYNTONY (former Silicom Labs) join the group
2016 New compact design multiple satellite constellation (GNSS simulator)
2017 Award of GRS simulator "Combination of TSS & RTS & RPU" for jamming effectiveness tests (ASIA)
Award of RTS for AESA search radar (ASIA)
New DIY (Design It Yourself) series of microwave hybrid modules
2018 Award of GNSS Subway metro in Stockholm with SYNTONY (SWEDEN)
Multiple channels RTS simulator in anechoic chamber (INDIA)
THALES TDMS selects SYNOPSIS for TSS export simulators
2019 TSS wideband 40 channels combined APTDOA (Amplitude & Phase & Time of arrival) Direction of Arrival (ASIA)
THALES TDMS selects SYNOPSIS to deliver GSR NG (Generateur Signaux Radar Nouvelle Generation) for DGA end-user (FRANCE)
RTS new generation based on wideband DRFM
GNSS simulator including IRNSS constellation (INDIA)
2020 TASS Tactical Signal Simulator to simulate operational situations (committed real-time waveforms generation for ECM/ESM/ECCM systems)
Partnership with OKTAL-SE (Advnace solutions for virtual testing of radar and EW) dedicated for RTS & TSS simulator
Compact programmable microwave synthesizer up to Ka band (EUROPE)
RTS simulator for seeker evaluation (INDIA)
TSS multiple channels in Ka band (FRANCE)
RTS multiple channels up to W band dedicated for Glint creation & validation & tests in anechoic chamber (INDIA)
Microwave up/down-converter for seeker tests (FRANCE)