Precision. Experience. Diligence.
For all the ships at sea
Humankind once traversed the oceans to discover new worlds, and although our focus has shifted to space, these oceans still remain remote and dangerous - despite being the backbone of the global economy. S3C’s purpose is to increase safety and security for those living and working at sea.
All our S3C products are developed in-house by a team of specialists from the maritime, aerospace, and signals intelligence industries. For over two decades, we have serviced our target sectors with our range of advanced Software Defined Radio (SDR) solutions and bespoke hardware.
Our services and products open many opportunities to different kinds of partnerships. Please, refer to our partnership page to find the best fit for your organisation, government, or business.
The S3C advantage
Developing communications products for highly regulated environments is an expensive undertaking. Being fast-to-market, while maintaining reliability throughout the product’s life cycle, is essential to the commercial success of a Software Defined Radio (SDR) product.
For over two decades, we have serviced our target sectors with advanced SDR solutions and bespoke hardware. All our products are developed in-house by a team of specialists from the maritime, aerospace and signals intelligence industries, giving you the benefit of comprehensive industry insights and effective communication.
Our SDR Framework
Our in-house developed SDR framework is a lightweight, low-overhead development environment, ideally suited for low-powered embedded systems.
Being highly customisable, it excels at solutions for purpose-built hardware. Our development is platform-agnostic on a PC environment and uses final production code that drastically shortens the development cycle.
Extensive library of optimised DSP blocks
Quickly add new waveforms and protocols
Real-time data visualisation & capture in end-product
Time accelerated application and protocol simulation
Quality & Certification
Our experience in product certification for the maritime and aerospace brings new products to market faster, without compromising reliability.
2000-2008
Then known as Stone Three Signal Processing, the foundations of S3C’s software defined radio legacy were laid by founder and renowned technologist Dr. David Weber. Specialising in digital signal processing, he and his team always pushed the art of the possible, with Dave considering any technical barrier to an elegant solution as an affront. From software RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) signalling processing to machine vision systems for the mining sector, they revolutionised products for their customers.
2009-2014
Solid partnerships and an entrepreneurial mindset have always been core to our organisation. Rebranded as Stone Three Venture Technology, rapid growth followed with a more vertical industry focus through dedicated business units for mining, healthcare, and communications. It was in this environment that the S3C technical team honed their craft in SDR with ever-demanding challenges from customers in defense and signal intelligence.
2015-2018
The onset of low-power, high-performance digital processing platforms fuelled by the smartphone sector since 2010, allowed the S3C team to transcend what was considered state of the art in SDR. By merging our proprietary SDR framework with a wide range of in-house developed hardware platforms, highly complex products were developed with exceptionally low energy footprints. This enabled a move towards the space and maritime sectors; both challenging environments requiring advanced communications systems in a low-power, compact package.
2019-2021
With a solid reputation and strong established partnerships, it was time for S3C to spin out of the group to dedicate our focus to the space and maritime sectors. In keeping with its legacy, S3C continues on its mission to develop advanced, elegant and economical communications solutions in co-discovery with its partners.