Harris Corporation is delivering combat-proven wideband networking capability
through its Falcon III AN/PRC-117G tactical radio system as part of the U.S.
Army Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) at Fort Bliss, Texas and White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico.
The NIE is the first in a series of semi-annual
evaluations designed to integrate and mature the Army’s tactical network.
The evaluation involves a series of tests and evaluations among five
programs of record and 30 emerging or developmental technologies.
Involving all 3,800 soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 1st
Armored Division, the NIE combines test and evaluation in a single venue, with
the goal of speeding the deployment of an integrated battlefield network.
One of the main purposes of the NIE is to evaluate
existing network capabilities, including the Harris AN/PRC-117G multiband
manpack tactical radio system. For the NIE, Harris deployed a 20- and 30-
Node wideband AN/PRC-117G network, powered by its Adaptive Networking Wideband
Waveform, or ANW2.
The radio network
connects a range of military vehicles to company command post platforms and is
providing access to applications such as TIGR, FTP and combat chat and is also
being used widely in first support missions. The Army’s objective is to
assess and collect data on the AN/PRC-117G’s wideband networking performance.
“The NIE is a unique event designed to push systems
to the limit. Over the course of the exercise, the AN/PRC-117G has successfully
delivered outstanding mobile ad-hoc networking capability to a range of
vehicular-based forces,” said Dennis Moran, vice president, Government Business
Development, Harris RF Communications.
“We’ve also received great user feedback and
valuable insights into our radio and waveform, and will be quickly
incorporating this into future releases. Harris strongly supports the NIE
process. We look forward to continued collaboration with the Army on
behalf of soldiers, including the upcoming certification and release of the
DoD’s new Soldier Radio Waveform in our AN/PRC-117G radios,” Moran added.
Also under evaluation at the NIE is the RF-7800W
High-Capacity Line-of-Sight radio (HCLOS), which delivers quick-to-deploy,
point-to-point or point-to-multipoint wireless Internet Protocol (IP)
infrastructure. The Army is using the RF-7800W during the evaluation to
provide remote video feeds to command posts, battalions and headquarters
installations.
Harris developed the AN/PRC-117G wideband
radio through the JTRS program Enterprise Business Model (EBM).
The EBM encourages companies to develop next-generation
solutions in tactical communications using their own investment capital to
integrate JTRS waveform software. In doing so, the EBM stimulates competition,
increases innovation, and reduces costs through software re-use.
Widely deployed with more than 10,000 radios shipped, the
Harris Falcon III AN/PRC-117G is the first wideband manpack radio system with a
JTRS-certified Software Communications Architecture and NSA Type-1 certified
information security.
The AN/PRC-117G provides unprecedented situational
awareness through wideband networking of the battlefield and delivering
critical real-time information to warfighters on the move and their field
commanders.
The AN/PRC-117G enables a growing number of network-enabled
missions such as intelligence reporting and analysis, collaborative chat, route
planning, MEDEVAC, convoy tracking and checkpoint biometrics.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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