Communications has come quite a long way since I was a troop in the US Army. Commo as we call it was often tenous at best and many times we could not even talk to our superior or subordinate units when we needed to.
Heat and bad atmospheric conditions hampered our operations and we had to use and maintain the correct authentication codes in order to communicate.
Radios were heavy and generally unreliable but when they worked well they were worth their weight in gold. We used to scramble to find them before we went to the field. If we could find extras we kept them hidden for emergencies.
The U.S. Army recently awarded General Dynamics C4 Systems and Rockwell? Collins with a $306 million contract for 3,726 Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit? (HMS) AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios.
?With the game-changing PRC-155 networking radio, soldiers can be confident? they will have access to lifesaving voice and data communications,? said Chris? Marzilli, president of General Dynamics C4 Systems, in a recent GD press? release.
The two-channel PRC-155 completes? the Army?s tactical network by connecting upper to lower tiers, legacy to future? waveforms and terrestrial to over-the-horizon links, said Chris Brady, vice? president of Assured Communications for General Dynamics C4 Systems.
PRC-155s weigh 14 pounds with battery and can be mounted in a vehicle or? carried in a pack. Now 1 pounds can get pretty heavy when you have to carry it around on your back for an extended amount of time but its much better than the radio that it replaces.
It has also been certified by the National Security Agency to communicate? classified voice and data at the Top Secret level and below.? The? certification makes the radio the only secure, two-channel networking radio to? communicate data across the entire force structure between battalion? headquarters and soldiers on foot and in vehicles.
This gives commanders a control and flexibility that is unprecedented before now. Commanders can issue orders directly so that their is no ambuguity and there is no more hoping that the last order was relayed correctly down to the troops who actually have to execute it on the ground.
Oue US Army Infantry Ring troops and all of those who are Spec Ops troops also will benefit greatly from this piece of equipment.
Source: http://www.militaryringinfo.com/service-ring/19548-the-armys-new-radio/
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