Model DRS8500X Wideband Telemetry Recorder

The DRS8500X is the flagship member of Wideband Systems’ industry-leading Digital Recording System (DRS) family. Optimized for the telemetry market, the DRS8500X delivers exceptional bandwidth, scalability, and performance while maintaining full compliance with the IRIG-106 Chapter 10 standard.

Designed as a direct replacement for legacy products, the DRS8500X modernizes ground station infrastructure while preserving compatibility and reliability. This system supports up to seven user-installable and upgradeable Interface Boards (IFBs), providing flexible integration across a wide range of telemetry applications. Its dual-disk bank architecture enables user-selectable recording modes, including striped for high data rate, mirrored for redundancy, and sequential for extended recording duration.

With storage options from 8 to 32TB and an aggregate data rate of 4800+ Mbps, the DRS8500X is uniquely qualified for the most demanding telemetry environments. It supports pre-detect analog, post-detect PCM, direct IF signal acquisition, and high-speed recording of video, Ethernet, serial, and MIL-STD-1553 data streams.

Backed by Wideband Systems’ legacy of rugged, field-proven performance, the DRS8500X sets a new benchmark for high-capacity, high-performance digital recording in mission-critical applications.