US Army moves to full-rate production on tactical radios essential for multidomain operations
By Mark Pomerleau
Sep 24, 10:43 AM
The radios provide critical capabilities allowing forces multiple paths of communication. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Stafford)
WASHINGTON — The Army has awarded a full-rate production contract for a series of tactical radios critical to allowing forces multiple options for communication in a highly congested and dynamic operating environment.
The orders are for the 2-Channel Manpack and Leader radios, according to an Army release, and will support the Army’s overarching network modernization strategy — the unified network — by providing communications options and flexibility to upgrade waveforms as new technology emerges.
As the Army modernizes its tactical network, service leaders have said the need to be resilient and have multiple paths of communication is critical. They anticipate adversaries will seek to jam or deny communications, meaning forces will need reliable alternatives to communicate and pass data back and forth in a dispersed manner on the battlefield.
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