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Hungary buys more radios for NATO base

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U.S. Army jumpmaster Staff Sgt. Michael Ortega, from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, checks the static lines of a combined force of Hungarian paratroopers, U.S. Air Force airmen and U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade during pre-jump on Aviano Air Base, Italy, Feb. 26, 2015, in preparation for a airfield seizure on Papa Air Base, Hungary.

Hungary has ordered more communications equipment for NATO’s Papa Air Base in Hungary.

The Ministry of Defense ordered additional VCG-4G voice communications equipment from Rohde & Schwarz. “After successfully completing the site acceptance test for phase 1 of an air base communications modernization project in record time, Rohde & Schwarz has been chosen to provide additional controller working positions (CWP) of its state-of-the-art, EUROCAE ED-137 VoIP-based R&S VCS-4G voice communications system in Phase 2 of the project,” said a company news release.

The Papa communications system includes ground-to-air communications using fixed and multifrequency radios, remote control of radios directly from the controller working position, ground-ground telephony using analog lines, and intercom services between operator positions.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.