The Army abruptly decided last month to shrink the weight requirements and boost the transmission range of up to 60,000 tactical manpack radios it plans to buy, following sharp criticism this summer ...

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. (Dec. 9, 2015) -- In today's cellular world, communicating coast to coast is a given. But for Soldiers deployed around the world, many in austere locations with no ...

Editor's Note: A version of this article was published in the April 2015 issue of C4ISR & Networks. Information regarding the weight of the radios as specified has been updated in this version. The ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (March 19 ,2014) -- By pairing the U.S. Army's Manpack Radio with the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), Soldiers will be able to have voice, data and ...

JTRS manpack radio will be fielded to combat brigades deploying to Afghanistan next year. This story has been updated. The Army is close to awarding General Dynamics Corp. a low rate production ...

Adelaide, South Australia (PRWEB)January 25, 2016 -- Codan Radio Communications, a division of Codan Limited (ASX-CDA), has announced the launch of the Patrol Manpack, a High Frequency (HF) ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) was one of three awardees of a multi-award IDIQ contract to supply HMS Manpack radios to the U.S. Army. The IDIQ contract consists of a ...

The decisions that the Department of Defense made about its “radios of the future” more than 20 years ago are still having an impact on the communications gear the military services purchase today.

Exercise validates MUOS capability for portable, secure, tactical satellite communications. Using the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) two-channel networking ...

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received Type-1 National Security Agency (NSA) certification for its Falcon III® RF-340M multi-channel manpack radio. The certification enables Harris to field the ...

This story was first published at 6:56 p.m. on Feb. 26. Correction: Due to incorrect information provided, the story misidentified the MUOS satellite constellation as geostationary. It is ...

A forward observer with C Company, 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (Air Assault) uses AN/PRC 148 2-channel Leader Radio to transmit position location obtained from the ...