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. (May 2, 2014) -- Combining new Google Earth technology and old-fashioned walking, the Army used a creative approach to prepare for a key test on the Manpack Radio. With ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 6, 2014) -- The U.S. Army has released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for full and open competition to procure additional Manpack Radios. The draft RFP, which ...

This story has been updated. The Army is close to awarding General Dynamics Corp. a low rate production contract for a manpack radio to transmit broadband data on the battlefield, Nextgov has learned.

The U.S. Army has released a request for proposals (RFP) to procure additional Manpack Radios, which officials describe as the Army’s first two-channel, software-defined radio capable of supporting ...

Harris Corp. has completed a demonstration project designed to show that its Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio is compatible with a software application that provides network management ...

Troops have used the initial Manpack Radios in training and while deployed in Afghanistan. The Army is looking to create a “radio marketplace” for the full rate production of Manpack Radios, in which ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) an initial $82 million full-rate production order for its new Falcon IV® AN/PRC ...

Army leaders announced Monday they will open the Rifleman and Manpack Radio competitions Monday with the defense industry eager to tackle a contract that could yield a multi-billion dollar purse as ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global military manpack and vehicular radios market report. This research report also lists numerous ...

Datron World Communications has launched a manpack variant of its high frequency (HF) software-defined radio. Unveiling the new PRC7700H radio at the AFCEA West conference in San Diego on 24 January, ...