Army network modernization seeks to buy affordable tactical radios, while maintaining secure communications
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – U.S. Army communications experts have conducted a critical design review for technologies they plan to deploy for Capability Set ’21 -- one of the first pieces of Army battlefield network modernization. Defense News reports. Continue reading original article
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2 June 2020 -- In the review, the Army tested various elements of Capability Set ’21 communications, such as tactical radios and satellite terminals. Now, the service is making capability trade-offs to assess affordability, technical maturity and density across formation.
For example, the Army experts are weighing trade-offs between how many of their two-channel Leader radios and more-affordable single-channel radios ultimately will end up in infantry brigades.
Col. Garth Winterle, project manager for tactical radios at the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Command Control Communication - Tactical, and Lt. Col. Brandon Baer, program manager for helicopter and multi-mission radios (HAMMR), talked about the decisions made during the critical design review and what these choices mean for the next batch of equipment known as Capability Set ’23.
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