Manufacturer catalog

Icom Inc.

Icom Inc. is a Japanese radio-communications manufacturer headquartered in Osaka. The company traces its origins to Tokuzo Inoue's 1954 radio business, was incorporated in 1964, and manufactures land-mobile, marine, aviation, amateur, receiver, wireless LAN, and SIP telephone equipment.

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Icom's relevance to the catalog comes from portable and land-mobile communications equipment rather than conventional weapons. Its products include handheld transceivers, professional two-way radios, LTE push-to-talk radios, marine radios, aviation radios, and radio receivers; Icom America describes the land-mobile line as serving public-safety, military, local-government, and public-works communications.

The company's public material emphasizes Japan-based production. Icom says all of its radios are manufactured by production subsidiary Wakayama Icom Inc. in Wakayama Prefecture, and its company outline lists radio communications, wireless LAN, and SIP telephone equipment as the corporate business field. For conflict-related pages, Icom equipment should be treated as communications support equipment unless a separate weaponized-device record is directly sourced.

radio communications equipmentland mobile two-way radiosportable transceiversmarine and aviation radiosnetwork and LTE radio systems

Notable Systems

IC-V82 handheld radio, discontinued 2 m VHF handheld transceiver, Support Equipment

IC-V82 handheld radio

discontinued 2 m VHF handheld transceiver

Discontinued 2 m VHF handheld transceiver produced and exported from 2004 to October 2014; Icom later cautioned that reported IC-V82-marked devices in Lebanon could not be confirmed as company-shipped products.

Sources: Icom IC-V82 follow-up notice
IC-4008M Infantry Squad Radio, UHF handheld infantry squad radio, Support Equipment

IC-4008M Infantry Squad Radio

UHF handheld infantry squad radio

Modified IC-446S-derived UHF handheld transceiver supplied through Icom America for U.S. Marine Corps infantry-level communications.

Sources: Icom UK Marines IC-4008M notice, Icom IC-4008M brochure

Manufacturer History

  1. Inoue Electric Seisakusho founded

    Tokuzo Inoue founded the radio business that became Icom; the current company outline lists April 1954 as the founding date.

    Sources: Icom company outline, Icom history

  2. Company incorporated

    Icom's company outline lists July 1964 as the incorporation date under the corporate name ICOM INCORPORATED.

    Sources: Icom company outline

  3. Name changed to Icom Incorporated

    Icom's history says the company name changed from Inoue Electric Seisakusho to Icom Incorporated during the 1978-1983 period, the same era in which it entered the land-mobile radio market.

    Sources: Icom history

  4. IC-4008M deliveries completed

    Icom UK reported that all 13,000 IC-4008M Infantry Squad Radio units for the U.S. military were delivered during October 2000.

    Sources: Icom UK Marines IC-4008M notice

  5. IC-V82 production and export end

    Icom said the IC-V82 was produced and exported from 2004 until October 2014 and was not shipped by the company after discontinuation.

    Sources: Icom IC-V82 follow-up notice

Subsidiaries
Wakayama Icom Inc.Icom America, Inc.Icom (Europe) GmbHIcom Spain, S.L.Icom (Australia) Pty., LtdIcom CanadaIcom Asia Co., Ltd.
Website links
Official global siteCompany outlineIcom America land mobile radios

Icom records in this catalog should be read as communications-equipment context. The manufacturer sources do not by themselves establish conflict use, and Icom has publicly cautioned that some reported IC-V82-marked devices could not be confirmed as company-shipped products.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Icom company outlinePublisher: Icom Inc. | Note: Supports Icom's corporate name, business field, founding and incorporation dates, Osaka head-office address, annual sales, employee count, and current leadership context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Icom historyPublisher: Icom Inc. | Note: Supports the founding narrative, early radio-product development, 1978 name change to Icom Incorporated, and entry into land-mobile radio. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Icom subsidiariesPublisher: Icom Inc. | Note: Supports the current subsidiary network, including Icom America, Icom Europe, Icom Spain, Icom Australia, Icom Canada, Icom Brazil, Purecom, and Icom Asia. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Icom America company profilePublisher: Icom America Inc. | Note: Supports product-area context, Osaka location, Japan-based production statements, and Icom America's public description of Icom land-mobile radios used by U.S. defense customers. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Icom America land mobile radiosPublisher: Icom America Inc. | Note: Supports land-mobile product focus for public safety, military, local government, and public works communications. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Icom IC-V82 follow-up noticePublisher: Icom Inc. | Note: Supports IC-V82 production and export dates, post-discontinuation shipment caveats, export-control statements, and Wakayama Icom manufacturing context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Icom UK Marines IC-4008M noticePublisher: Icom (UK) Ltd | Note: Supports the IC-4008M U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Squad Radio context, delivery quantity and timing, modified IC-446S relationship, and official article image provenance. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Icom IC-4008M brochurePublisher: Icom America Inc. | Note: Supports IC-4008M brochure specifications and its description as a U.S. Marine Corps transceiver. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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