Latest Joint Tactical Radio System Stories
The two-channel AN/PRC-155 Manpack radio is the only off-the-shelf radio to successfully demonstrate this capability. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics C4 Systems announced today that two AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios successfully completed secure radio-to-radio voice and data communications tests through the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite network, as part of a scheduled MUOS end-to-end system test. The PRC-155 radio is part of the...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has integrated two of the most important components onto its fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for the U.S. Navy. Recently engineers mated the multi-beam assembly, which hosts 16 ultra-high frequency (UHF) antennas for distributed, global communications coverage. Earlier this year, the team delivered and integrated the vehicle's communications system module. With bus and payload now...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics C4 Systems received a $40 million contract modification in December 2012 from the U.S. Navy to port the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform and the Integrated Waveform into the AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR). General Dynamics has been delivering DMRs to the Navy since 1998. General Dynamics C4 Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). The MUOS waveform allows the four-channel DMR...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), on behalf of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Program Office (MPO) (JPEOJTRS10), has awarded a $34 million dollar firm fixed price contract to ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) for the design, development, and production of a cryptographic module (LCM) for the MIDS Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) Block Upgrade 2. (Logo:...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army ordered kits in December to upgrade 100 Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) AN/PRC-155 two-channel Manpack radios to enable them to communicate with the military's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communications system. This MUOS channel upgrade, comprising a field-replaceable power amplifier and supporting software, will allow secure voice and data communication with the MUOS system. The order is...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed and delivered the software waveform for the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The new waveform will enable military satellite communications terminal providers to deploy equipment that takes full advantage of enhanced MUOS capabilities. A next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, MUOS will provide significantly improved and secure communications...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army recently awarded General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), an additional production order valued at approximately $306 million for 3,726 Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios. The two-channel PRC-155 radios, along with vehicle integration kits and related accessories, are part of the Army's Capability Set 13 networking and communications gear deploying with...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics C4 Systems has received an order from the U.S. Army to deliver a new secure radio for Nett Warrior soldiers. The new Nett Warrior radio is part of the Handheld Manpack Small Form Fit family of radios. Weighing less than two pounds, the secure radio communicates using the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) and meets a critical communications need by giving Nett Warrior team members access to the government's classified...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a key milestone, Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has demonstrated the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) on its new class of airborne and ground radio terminals, providing soldiers with another way to communicate across disparate networks. During the demonstration, users were able to send voice and data traffic between Raytheon's terminal and another soldier radio running SRW. Raytheon is moving through the Department of Defense's Joint...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded $51 million to build more airborne radios and continue to modernize future radios for the U.S. Army. The modernization effort includes Phase 3 of the Mobile User Objective Service/Cryptographic Modernization (MUOS/CM) Upgrade Program, which significantly increases satellite capacity for soldiers. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121023/NE95943 ) MUOS replaces the aging constellation of...
