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. (April 16, 2015) -- The U.S. Army hosted a pre-solicitation day on April 16 to discuss its plans to procure next-generation Manpack Radios through full and open ...

First commercially developed tactical radio with two integrated channels in single chassis. Allows users to operate on multiple networks simultaneously for improved interoperability. Developed to meet ...

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.