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General Dynamics Connects Manpack Radios to SATCOM System; Chris Marzilli Comments

General Dynamics Connects Manpack Radios to SATCOM System; Chris Marzilli Comments

General Dynamics recently tested two of its Manpack radios through a satellite communications system as part of an end-to-end system evaluation intended to connect the radios to the system. A PRC-155 Manpack radio sent voice and data communications to an orbiting Mobile User Objective System satellite, through an MUOS ground facility, and back to a second [...]

April 22, 2013No CommentRead More

General Dynamics Helps Army Connect Network Radio Nodes; Sandra Wheeler Comments

April 19, 2013 No Comment
General Dynamics Helps Army Connect Network Radio Nodes; Sandra Wheeler Comments

General Dynamics has connected a U.S. Army unit’s handheld radios to the company’s network nodes that are designed to help soldiers and commanders communicate with each other on a company level. WIN-T Increment 2 network nodes are designed to link with the handheld, manpack, small form fit Rifleman and two-channel radios held by the Army’s [...]

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General Dynamics To Port MUOS Waveform For Navy Radios; Chris Marzilli Comments

February 19, 2013 No Comment
General Dynamics To Port MUOS Waveform For Navy Radios; Chris Marzilli Comments

General Dynamics‘ C4 systems business unit has won a $40 million contract modification to port a digital waveform into the U.S. Navy‘s suite of digital modular radios. The unit has provided the AN/USC-61(C) radios to the Navy since 1998 for maritime and shore-based communications in the high, very high and ultra high frequency bands for line-of-sight and [...]

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Boeing to Upgrade AF Search-and-Rescue Radios; Steve Capps Comments

January 18, 2013 No Comment

Boeing has won a set of contracts worth $13.6 million to upgrade handheld radios the U.S. Air Force uses for search-and-rescue missions, the company said Friday. The company is also updating Combat Survivor Evader Locator stations operating on ultra high frequency spectrum, intending to meet information assurance standards and protect networks from external intrusion. Steve [...]

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Northrop Subsidiary Develops VHF/IP Air Traffic Comm Net; Charles Houseago Comments

January 15, 2013 No Comment

A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has developed a new Internet Protocol-based radio communications network for air traffic controllers to communicate with aircraft, the company said Monday. Park Air Systems, Northrop’s air traffic management systems subsidiary in Europe, built the very high frequency system for Uruguay’s national aviation agency under a contract with INDRA. “I am delighted [...]

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BAE Phoenix Radios to Communicate Across 12 Miles; Joseph Senftle Comments

December 17, 2012 No Comment

U.S. Army soldiers tested radios made by BAE Systems as part of a recent Network Integration Evaluation exercise, the company said Monday. The PHOENIX-2C radios are designed to communicate voice, data and video across up to 12 miles. BAE designed the radios to help bridge communications between soldiers on the ground and those at headquarters, said [...]

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Raytheon Demos Radio Waveform on Air, Ground Radios; Scott Whatmough Comments

October 31, 2012 No Comment

Raytheon recently demonstrated the Soldier Radio Waveform on its new airborne and ground radio terminals, the company announced Wednesday. During the test, users sent voice and data traffic between Raytheon’s terminal and another soldier radio running the SRW platform. The company is using the demonstration to leverage its radio architecture in the new ground and [...]

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Northrop Completes BACN-Equipped Global Hawk for AF; George Guerra Comments

October 24, 2012 No Comment

Northrop Grumman has delivered an updated Global Hawk drone equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node to the Air Force, the company announced Tuesday. According to the company, the BACN is designed to bridge and extends voice communications and information sharing from several sources using a suite of computers and radio systems. “By pairing BACN [...]

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Raytheon to Carry Out MUOS SATOM Radio Phase 3 Upgrade; David Patton Comments

October 23, 2012 No Comment

Raytheon has won a $51 million contract from the U.S. Army to continue building airborne radios and modernizing future radios for satellite communications, the company announced Tuesday. During phase three of the Mobile User Objective Service/Cryptographic Modernization upgrade program, the company will update software to complete design tasks and prepare for phase four qualification testing [...]

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Army Plans to Open Battlefield Radio Competition; Daniel Hughes Comments

October 23, 2012 No Comment

The Army has issued a request for information to industry about the Rifleman Radio program, AOL Defense reports.  According to Sydney Freedburg’s story, the Army currently has 3,726 Manpacks from General Dynamics and 19,327 Rifleman radios from both Thales and General Dynamics. The Rifleman Radio and the backpack-sized Manpack Radios are part of the Army’s [...]

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