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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
KY-58
KY-68 ^{[citation needed]}
KY-99a (MINTERM)
KY-100 (AIRTERM)
KYV-2
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VINSON is embedded into many modern military radios, such as SINCGARS. Many multi-algorithm COMSEC modules are also backwards-compatible with VINSON.^{[citation needed]}

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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 [[National Security Agency|NSA's]] classified [[NSA Suite A Cryptography|Suite A]] [[Saville (cipher)|SAVILLE]] [[encryption algorithm]] and 16 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 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]]
 * [[KY-58]]
-* [[KY-68]] {{fact|date=January 2016}}
+* [[KY-68]] {{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
 * [[KY-99a]] (MINTERM)
 * KY-100 (AIRTERM)
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+{{uncategorized|date=January 2019}}