At ITC 2026, Wideband Systems demonstrated two different approaches to high-performance data capture: direct wideband RF recording with the DRS9300X-MB and high-density, multi-format telemetry recording with the DRS8500X.
The demonstrations showed how WSI systems can capture everything from raw RF to analog, digital, Ethernet, video, MIL-STD-1553, and other telemetry data while giving operators the flexibility to monitor, replay, protect, and move that data across modern range and mission environments.
Alongside the live demos, WSI introduced a series of new capabilities focused on faster data offload, expanded recorder configuration, enhanced playback, and improved interoperability.
Direct RF Recording with the DRS9300X-MB
The DRS9300X-MB is designed to capture wideband RF directly, preserving the incoming signal for later processing, analysis, and replay.
The system supports two independently configurable RF channels across a wide frequency range from 100 MHz to 6 GHz, giving operators flexibility to tune each channel around the signal of interest.
During the ITC demonstration, the recorder captured incoming RF while providing a live spectrum view for monitoring. Recorded signals can later be replayed and reconstructed as RF output, allowing teams to analyze the original signal or reproduce it for downstream testing.
This approach helps preserve more of the signal environment than relying solely on processed telemetry, giving test and range teams another layer of data for troubleshooting, validation, and post-mission analysis.
High-Density Signal Recording with the DRS8500X
The second demonstration focused on the DRS8500X, WSI’s flagship multi-format telemetry recorder.
The DRS8500X supports a wide range of signal types through field-installable Interface Boards, allowing one recorder to capture analog, digital PCM, Ethernet, video, MIL-STD-1553, and other telemetry sources within the same system.
Its dual-disk-bank architecture provides different recording modes depending on the mission requirement. Striped operation supports higher throughput, mirrored operation adds redundancy, and sequential configurations can extend recording duration.
For modern ground stations and flight-test ranges, that flexibility allows the recorder to be configured around the data sources and performance requirements of each program rather than forcing every application into the same recording architecture.
Faster Data Offload Between Missions
Capturing the data is only useful if teams can get it where it needs to go.
One of WSI’s new updates focuses on high-speed data offload, helping move large recorded datasets off the recorder faster and reducing the time between capture, analysis, and the next test.
That becomes increasingly important as higher data rates and larger storage capacities create more data to manage after every mission or test event.
Faster offload helps shorten that turnaround without compromising the amount of data captured in the first place.
Expanded Recording, Playback & Data Support
WSI also introduced a broader set of updates across its recording platforms.
New capabilities include Chapter 10 utilities, expanded Ethernet configuration, more flexible playback controls, and new support for Data Quality Encapsulation (DQE) workflows.
Additional filtering capabilities for MIL-STD-1553 and analog outputs give operators greater control over which data is captured or reproduced during playback.
RF recording updates also provide greater flexibility in selecting center frequencies and bandwidths on a per-channel basis, allowing the recorder to adapt more closely to the signal environment being monitored.
Built for Modern Networked Ranges
Range architectures are becoming increasingly distributed, making recorder connectivity just as important as raw recording performance.
WSI’s latest updates include support for Starlink-connected operation, expanding remote connectivity options for locations where conventional network access may be limited.
Combined with hierarchical port selection, saved configurations, default playback redirection, and other Ethernet improvements, these features make the recording system easier to integrate into evolving network and ground-station environments.
One Recording Platform, Different Signal Requirements
Modern telemetry and RF environments generate very different kinds of data.
Some programs need to preserve raw RF exactly as it was received. Others need to capture multiple processed telemetry streams, video, network traffic, avionics buses, and other signals at the same time.
The DRS9300X-MB and DRS8500X address those different requirements while maintaining a common focus on high-speed capture, reliable storage, flexible playback, and access to the data after the test is complete.
From wideband RF recording to multi-format telemetry capture, WSI provides the tools to preserve the signals that matter before they disappear.