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  • A Joint Terminal Attack Controller uses his Android Tactical Assault Tablet Kit during a close air support mission as part of a Northern Strike training exercise. (Scott Thompson/National Guard)
    SOCOM awards $47M for radio software

    While locked into a single supplied for the software, the software itself allows special operations forces to use a range of communication devices.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    September 14, 2018
  • Soldiers adjust a GATR 2.4 meter antenna while setting up a tactical operations center during exercise Swift Response 15 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 27, 2015. (Staff Sgt. Carol A. Lehman/Army)
    Alabama company awarded $522M Army contract for inflatable antennas

    An Alabama company has a five-year, $522 million extension to an Army contract for inflatable satellite antenna systems.

    The Associated Press
    August 13, 2018
  • Marines at a Field User Evaluation in Camp Pendleton, California tested out the MUOS satellite communications system. (Eddie Young/Marine Corps)
    Navy satellite system approved for expanded use

    The Navy's MUOS satellite system has been approved for expanded operational and will replace its the legacy Ultra High Frequency satellite system.

    Maddy Longwell
    August 3, 2018
  • Soldiers from the Delaware Army National Guard 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion work on a tactical network Satellite Transportable Terminal during a Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) demonstration in Little Rock, Arkansas. (Amy Walker/Army PEO C3T Public Affairs)
    The Army network that helps first responders save lives

    The Army National Guard says it is meeting with success in a pilot effort to leverage military communications capabilities to support domestic emergency disaster response.

    Adam Stone
    June 21, 2018
  • The Coast Guard envisions new communications standards for its next generation of icebreakers. The Cutter Polar Star, a high-endurance icebreaker home-ported in Seattle, sits on the ice in the Ross Sea near Antarctica while underway in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015. (Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener/Coast Guard)
    The Coast Guard’s big ask: secure comms from Seattle to Antarctica

    Coast Guard leaders want enhanced communications capabilities as well as secure, real-time voice and data exchange for the next icebreaker..

    Adam Stone
    May 18, 2018
  • Command Sgt. Maj. Alan Hummel, the senior enlisted advisor for 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, uses the Joint Battle Command - Platform system, to navigate to his unit's training, Jan. 22, 2015, at Camp Oliver, Ga., during Vanguard Focus, a brigade level training exercise. (Sgt. Joshua Laidacker/U.S. Army)
    How the Army plans to improve its friendly force tracking

    The Army is accelerating its Joint Battle Command-Platform, which provides friendly forces awareness information known as blue force tracking.

    Mark Pomerleau
    April 13, 2018
  • Pfc. Andrew Lebron of C Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division works with a radio as part of the CAB’s Soldier of the Quarter competition. (Pvt. Matthew J. Marcellus/U.S. Army)
    Harris unveils two-channel leader radio for US Army

    After a protest, Harris Corporation is touting its two-channel leader radio it hopes to get on contract with the U.S. Army in a few months.

    Jen Judson
    March 26, 2018
  • The Army's new network modernization strategy outlines a three pronged approach; halt, fix, pivot.
    The Army's next network strategy: halt, fix, pivot

    The Army has submitted a report to Congress that describes the Army’s strategy for modernizing its networks.

    Mark Pomerleau
    February 14, 2018
  • Persistent Systems protested the terms of the Army's request for proposal, which after their MPU5 radio was deemed unacceptable, “[The Army] was always stubbornly committed to a two-channel version of Rifleman Radio that would run the SINCGARS and SRW waveforms.”
    Did the Army consider all competition on its $4B radio program?

    According to one company, which did not qualify to compete, the Army "was always stubbornly committed" to requirements that could only be met by incumbents.

    Brandon Knapp
    February 7, 2018
  • WIN-T Tactical Communications Node-Lite (TCN-L) and Network Operations Security Center-Lite (NOSC-L) are now being fielded to light infantry units after a successful operational test at the Network Integration Evaluation at Fort Bliss, Texas, in July 2017. (Photo by Jen Judson/Defense News Staff)
    Lighter Army tactical network getting fielded after successful test

    After a successful operational test, a lighter version of WIN-T is being fielded out to its first light infantry unit.

    Jen Judson
    January 31, 2018
  • Lockheed Martin handed over full operational control of MUOS-5 to the U.S. Navy. (Jim Dowdall/Lockheed Martin)
    New Navy satellite reinforces global network for troops on the move

    The Naval Satellite Operations Center has taken operational control of the fifth MUOS satellite to connect beyond line-of-sight mobile forces with simultaneous voice, video and mission data over a secure high-speed Internet Protocol-based system.

    Michael Peck
    November 20, 2017
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