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National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Closest of Allies, But Not When it Comes to Radios Despite considerable advances in tactical communications technology interoperability on the battlefield between U.S. and U.K. forces remains years away.  |
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson |
New Radio Software Promises Improved Access to Military Satellites Radio manufacturers this year will offer to their military customers a new application that will provide easier connections to communication satellites.  |
National Defense February 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Radio Competition Reaches Final Stretch Companies competing for the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio have one more test before the Army awards a contract this year.  |
National Defense September 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Under Pressure to Bring Broadband to The Battlefield In the Army's 2010 modernization roadmap, the "network" is billed as a top priority.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 John McHale |
SDR: A Spectrum of Possibilities Whether it is called a disruptive technology or a paradigm shift in communications, the proliferation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology is changing the way the military and other industries view radio communications.  |
National Defense August 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Fiber Optic Cables Help Special Operators Stay Concealed Fiber optic cables that connect tactical radios to antennas up to 10 kilometers away or farther can be useful tools in covert operations.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Battlefield Applications of Wireless Networks Traditionally, land forces combat and service support units rely on voice communications for operations, coordination and control  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008 John McHale |
SDR: Here, There, and Everywhere Software-defined radio technology, driven by the Joint Tactical Radio System program, is enhancing communications throughout the U.S. military and in civilian and commercial applications worldwide.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John McHale |
JTRS HMS Program on Track Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems say the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit (HMS) radios are on track for deployment at the beginning of the next decade.  |
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Urban Battles Highlight Shortfalls in Soldier Communications The chaotic door-to-door warfare seen in Iraq offers glaring proof that dismounted U.S. troops need better communications devices, experts contend. When radios failed, soldiers resorted to the only available and reliable form of communication: screaming.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Roy Rubenstein |
Radios Get Smart But can they be trusted to roam the spectrum and not interfere with existing users? Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before cognitive radios get into the commercial arena, because the economics are compelling.  |
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Rise of Smartphones May Sound Death Knell for Old Push-to-Talk Radios Handing an infantryman a device the size and shape of a brick that can only perform one task, voice communications, may soon be akin to issuing him a musket.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 Ben Ames |
Special forces demand smaller, lighter electronics Special operations forces still rely on advanced electronics to move with speed and stealth through hostile territory, but the last thing they want is one more gadget to hang on their vests.  |
National Defense September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army, Marines Buying Loads Of Radios In response to booming Army and Marine Corps tactical radio orders, manufacturers rapidly are expanding their production capacity to meet this extraordinary demand.  |
National Defense October 2012 Eric Beidel |
Industry Ready to Pounce on Embattled Radio Programs After nearly two decades and billions of dollars spent, the Joint Tactical Radio System, once a grand plan to build do-it-all radios common to the military services, is in a state of flux.  |
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Trials and tribulations persist in Joint Tactical Radio The military services are severely slashing their expected buys of the Defense Department's troubled joint tactical radio system.  |
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Laser Communications to Thwart Jamming, Interception Laser communications, also known as free space opticals, hold the promise of giving the military a means to transmit high amounts of data and voice that is hard to detect and an alternative to traditional radio frequencies.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 |
Freewave Technologies Unveils FGRplus Industrial Digital Radio The digital radio system is for systems integrators who need an industrial-grade high-speed Ethernet radio that operates in harsh and challenging RF environments.  |
National Defense April 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Promise to War-Bound Soldiers: A Wireless Mobile Network If the Army's new tech-buying strategy goes according to plan, soldiers soon may be ditching paper maps, staticky radios and bulky satellite receivers.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 |
German defense forces look to Rohde & Schwarz for military software-defined radio technology Leaders of the German armed forces needed military software-defined radio technology for future military command and control technology, as well as for interoperable information and military communications networking.  |
National Defense June 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Special Operations Forces in the Market For Global Communications Technology When they deploy to combat zones, special operations troops bring along a multitude of gizmos. Besides basic line-of-sight radios to communicate with their peers, they need devices to connect with other U.S. government agencies and allies.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 |
Army Chooses Datron Tactical Radio Military Communications for Overseas Forces The company is providing two types of VHF tactical radios to the Afghan army: the PRC-1077 man-pack VHF radio and the HH7700 VHF handheld radio.  |
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy Upbeat About Communications Spacecraft, Despite Radio Troubles The Navy is building a dazzling satellite constellation that promises frontline troops and sailors at sea access to a multimedia wonderland.  |
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Game-Changing Laser Communications Ready For Fielding, Vendors Say Sending data with lasers, rather than radio frequencies, has the potential to revolutionize the way the military communicates, proponents of the technology have said.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 J.R. Wilson |
Transformational Communications The world of military communications is on the verge of massive and revolutionary change, driving towards a networked battlespace. Still, what matters most is the person at the "pointy end of the spear."  |
National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright |
DHS Tests Multi-Band, Interoperable Radio The Department of Homeland Security has entered the final stages of its four-year, nearly $9 million effort to develop a multi-band radio that can communicate across virtually all spectrums.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John Keller |
Transforming radio communications The next frontier of wireless radio communications is widely believed to be "cognitive radio" -- RF transceivers that use artificial intelligence, neural networks, or other advanced technologies to make informed decisions based on past usage.  |
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Troops in The Digital Age, Disconnected As surprising as it may seem in today's wired culture, troops in combat zones do not have easy access to information.  |
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Soldiers on the Move Have Yet to Profit From Information Age Army combat brigades during the past two years have been outfitted with the latest communications and networking technology. But the improved connectivity has yet to filter down to the small mobile units below the battalion level.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 |
Harris Corp. Adopts Objective Interface Systems Middleware for Falcon III Falcon III radios enable the secure transmission of information to the mobile warfighter. Harris has shipped 50,000 Falcon III AN/PRC-152 radios to date.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller |
Navy Looks to Software-Defined Radio to Supplement or Replace Satellite Communications Raytheon engineers will investigate new modular, software-defined digital radio architectures to improve data link performance with high-throughput waveforms in all frequency bands.  |
National Defense October 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Radios for Every Infantryman: Marine Company Tests Experimental Communications Gear A marine rifle company recently experienced something that few of its peers have - operating in a combat scenario with a radio in the hands of every member of the unit.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John Keller |
Harris RF Designers Expand Into Networked Sensors Applications Harris' RF Communications Division is making a strategic expansion into networked sensors applications to augment their state-of-the-art military radios that operate securely in bands ranging from HF to satellite communications.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004 |
Software-Defined Radio and Jtrs The U.S. military's next-generation radio system is to be based on software-defined radios, which will enable one radio to communicate with several radio networks, no matter the type of radio, whether it be SINCGARS or a satellite terminal.  |
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson |
New Multi-Band Radio Key to Interoperable Communications, But Concerns Are Raised About Price A world where police, fire, and emergency services can seamlessly communicate with each other over the airwaves has been a dream of the Department of Homeland Security since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina four years later.  |
National Defense July 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
In Damage Control Mode, Army Builds Future Network for Combat Brigades For the Army, this may be its last chance of salvaging the surviving pieces of the ill-starred "future combat systems."  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 |
USB-to-Synchronous-Cable Enables IP Data Communications for Tactical Radios Sealevel Systems is introducing the ACC-188 USB synchronous interface adapter that enables military tactical radios to interface to PCs and transmit IP-based data via USB port.  |
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Billy Brackenridge |
Ultrawideband Upset WiMedia, the next generation of wireless connectivity, is raising some interesting questions about privacy. Will ultrashort-range radio have far-reaching legal consequences?  |
National Defense May 2007 Sandra Erwin |
Big-Ticket Army Program Still Lacks Communications Network The communications network that is the basis for the Army's $160 billion "future combat systems" continues to suffer setbacks and its costs are expected to soar.  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Ariel Bleicher |
Peaceful Coexistence on the Radio Spectrum The trials of a small team of engineers who set out to reanimate paralyzed limbs demonstrate the virtues of dynamic spectrum sharing  |
Scientific American September 2009 Larry Greenemeier |
Radio for Responders: Public Safety Bandwidth Goes Unused As multiband radio for public safety proceeds, the digital spectrum for it still lags  |
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna |
Navy's Digital Modular Radio Gets Software Boost General Dynamics Mission Systems' digital modular radio has been deployed on Navy ships for more than 10 years. The service has focused on upgrading the radios with modern capabilities.  |
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Sticker Shock Felt As New Radios Are Acquired Despite suffering from sticker shock, the military services are proceeding with plans to install a new generation of software-based tactical radios that will be common across all weapon systems.  |
National Defense March 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Special Operations Command Picks Up New Video-Streaming Camera Anyone with a 3G connection can easily download and upload videos with a smartphone, but maintaining a reliable video stream is a challenge for troops in places with little Internet connectivity.  |
National Defense January 2012 Eric Beidel |
Soldiers Skeptical of Smartphones in Combat Commercial smartphones are lightweight, inexpensive and most soldiers already use them in civilian settings. But the Army is finding out that the devices may not always be needed or even wanted on the battlefield.  |
PC Magazine March 14, 2007 Dan Evans |
Tune in to Digital Radio Digital broadcasting and higher-definition signals are revolutionizing television. Can they do the same for another traditionally analog medium -- the radio?  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 |
Harris announces Unity XG-100 multiband software-defined radio for public safety The XG-100 provides secure interoperable communications over public-safety frequency bands from 136 to 870 MHz, which would enable emergency personnel to communicate directly without carrying several radios or route transmissions through ad-hoc network bridges.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 |
SATCOM RF Booster Amplifier Military Radio Communications Introduced by AR Modular RF The 50-watt auto-tuning, multi-band tactical RF amplifier can help soldiers maintain constant, reliable military radio communications in demanding environments.  |
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean |
Light Source Offers Alternative to Radio Under a Navy contract and with corporate funds, Torrey Pines Logic has developed a tiny transmitter and receiver system utilizing prisms that, when engineered into an attachment that fits eyepieces of optical devices allows users to beam infrared light pulses and, in the process, exchange voice or digital data.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008 John McHale |
Cisco maintains connectivity through self-healing network Engineers at Cisco Systems have developed router technology through their own research and development that heals broken or weak network connections in military on-the-move applications.  |