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VINSON is a family of voice encryption devices used by U.S. and allied military and law enforcement, based on the NSA's classified Suite A SAVILLE encryption algorithm and 16 kbit/s CVSD audio compression. It replaces the Vietnam War-era NESTOR (KY-8/KY-28|28/KY-38|38) family.

These devices provide tactical secure voice on UHF and VHF line of sight (LOS), UHF SATCOM communication and tactical phone systems. These terminals are unclassified Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI) when unkeyed and classified to the keymat of the key when going secure.

VINSON devices include:

KY-57^[1]
KY-58^[1]^[2]
KY-68 ^{[citation needed]}
KY-99a (MINTERM)
KY-100 (AIRTERM)
KYV-2
FASCINATOR

VINSON is embedded into many modern military radios, such as SINCGARS. Many multi-algorithm COMSEC modules are also backwards-compatible with VINSON.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "NIA - NATO Information Assurance". www.ia.nato.int. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
^ "KY58". www.jproc.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

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[NIA-1] "NIA - NATO Information Assurance". www.ia.nato.int. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

[2] "KY58". www.jproc.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

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+{{Short description|Family of voice encryption devices}}
-{{Unreferenced|date=February 2008}}
-{{This|the encryption devices|Vinson}}
+{{About|the encryption devices||Vinson (disambiguation){{!}}Vinson}}
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-'''VINSON''' is a family of voice encryption devices used by U.S. and allied military and law enforcement, based on the [[Saville (cipher)|SAVILLE]] [[encryption algorithm]] and 16 kbit/s [[Continuously variable slope delta modulation|CVSD]] [[audio compression]].  It replaces the [[Vietnam War]]-era [[NESTOR]] [KY-8/[[KY-28|28]]/[[KY-38|38]]) family.
+'''VINSON''' is a family of voice encryption devices used by U.S. and allied military and law enforcement, based on the [[National Security Agency|NSA's]] classified [[NSA Suite A Cryptography|Suite A]] [[Saville (cipher)|SAVILLE]] [[encryption algorithm]] and 16&nbsp;kbit/s [[Continuously variable slope delta modulation|CVSD]] [[audio compression (data)|audio compression]]. It replaces the [[Vietnam War]]-era [[NESTOR (encryption)|NESTOR]] (KY-8/KY-28|28/KY-38|38) family.
-These devices provide [[:wikt:tactical|tactical]] [[secure voice]] on [[Ultra High Frequency|UHF]] and [[Very High Frequency|VHF]] [[Line of sight]] (LOS) and UHF SATCOM [[communication]] systems.  These terminals are [[unclassified]] [[Controlled Cryptographic Item]]s (CCI) when unkeyed and classified to the [[keymat]] of the key when going secure.
+These devices provide [[:wikt:tactical|tactical]] [[secure voice]] on [[Ultra High Frequency|UHF]] and [[Very High Frequency|VHF]] [[Line-of-sight propagation|line of sight]] (LOS), UHF SATCOM [[communication]] and tactical phone systems. These terminals are [[unclassified]] [[Controlled Cryptographic Item]]s (CCI) when unkeyed and classified to the keymat of the key when going secure.
 VINSON devices include:
+* KY-57<ref name=NIA>{{Cite web |title=NIA - NATO Information Assurance |url=https://www.ia.nato.int/niapc/Product/KY-100_107 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.ia.nato.int}}</ref>
-* [[KY-57]]
+* [[KY-58]]<ref name=NIA /><ref>{{Cite web |title=KY58 |url=http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/ky58.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.jproc.ca}}</ref>
-* [[KY-58]]
-* [[KY-68]]
+* [[KY-68]] {{fact|date=January 2016}}
 * [[KY-99a]] (MINTERM)
-* [[KY-100]] (AIRTERM)
+* KY-100 (AIRTERM)
 * [[KYV-2]]
 * [[FASCINATOR]]
-VINSON is embedded into many modern military radios, such as [[SINCGARS]].  Many multi-algorithm [[COMSEC]] modules are also backwards-compatible with VINSON.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
+VINSON is embedded into many modern military radios, such as [[SINCGARS]]. Many multi-algorithm [[COMSEC]] modules are also backwards-compatible with VINSON.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}
+==See also==
-{{crypto-stub}}
+*  Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal ([[ANDVT]]) system for low bandwidth secure voice communications that replaced VINSON.
+==References==
-{{Crypto navbox | machines}}
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Cryptography navbox | machines}}
 [[Category:National Security Agency encryption devices]]
+{{crypto-stub}}