Spectrum Signal Processing Adds Zeligsoft's Leading SCA Tool to SDR-3000 Platform

Spectrum Signal Processing Adds Zeligsoft's Leading SCA Development Tool to SDR-3000 Platform

Partnership designed to reduce Software Defined Radio development time and cost

Burnaby, BC, Canada and Gatineau, PQ, Canada, May 4, 2005 — Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. and Zeligsoft Inc. today announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby Spectrum will bundle Zeligsoft's Component Enabler, Zeligsoft CE™, with their fully-programmable flexComm™ SDR-3000 software defined radio (SDR) platform. Zeligsoft CE is an advanced software-modeling tool that enables the design, deployment and configuration of component-based software systems supporting the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) standard.

By offering Zeligsoft CE integrated into its SDR solutions, Spectrum extends its market leadership in software re-configurable radio platforms, making it simpler for customers to bring their software defined radio projects to market. Zeligsoft CE facilitates the users' understanding of the SCA architecture and allows designers to easily manage increased software complexity. The tool automatically validates the design, generates design documentation and generates the complete set of Extensible Markup Language (XML) descriptor files specific to the waveform, eliminating the process of manually authoring the XML files.  Zeligsoft CE accelerates SCA development, while dramatically diminishing the risk of design errors.

"Zeligsoft is delighted to team with Spectrum to provide a tool that is tightly coupled with their SDR-3000 platform. Customers are always asking for closer relationships amongst vendors in the SDR value chain, and today's announcement is evidence that both companies are listening," said Kamal Krishnapillai, VP Sales and Marketing at Zeligsoft. "Spectrum is an ideal channel partner for our Zeligsoft CE development tool because of their leadership in SDR technologies and our complementary fit with their existing hardware and software product offerings."

"The addition of Zeligsoft CE to our software offering extends our leadership position in the provision of fully turn-key re-configurable SDR development systems," said Mark Briggs, Director of Marketing at Spectrum. "Zeligsoft CE compliments the Harris Domain Manager Toolkit (dmTK™) provided to offer development and support for the SCA Core Framework available on our SDR-3000 platform.  By adding Zeligsoft to the offering we extend our customers' access to the most advanced SCA development tools in the marketplace today."

The product offering includes a Universal Modeling Language (UML) 2.0 compliant model of the SDR-3000 platform developed with Zeligsoft CE.  This allows customers to visualize the SDR-3000 platform configuration and take full advantage of all available resources to expedite the development of their applications.

The SCA is an open architecture framework that governs how elements of hardware and software are to operate in harmony within the US Department of Defense Joint Tactical Radio Systems. The goal of this architecture is to enable the development of interoperable and portable waveforms.

The SDR-3000 complete with the Zeligsoft CE tools is available for order from Spectrum immediately.

About Spectrum Signal Processing Inc.
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. (NASDAQ: SSPI / TSX: SSY) is a leading supplier of software defined platforms for defense electronics applications. Spectrum's products and services are optimized for military communications, signals intelligence, surveillance, electronic warfare and satellite communications applications. Spectrum's integrated, application-ready products provide its customers with compelling time-to-market and performance advantages while mitigating program risk and cost parameters. Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc., based in Columbia, Maryland, provides applications engineering services and modified commercial-off-the-shelf platforms to the US Government, its allies and its prime contractors. For more information on Spectrum and its flexComm product line, please visit www.spectrumsignal.com.