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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

General Dynamics C4 Systems announced today that two AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios successfully completed secure radio-to-radio voice and data communications tests through the Mobile User Objective System ...

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 ...

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 ...

The AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio has successfully demonstrated voice and data communications with Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites. "The demonstration was part of an Army-conducted ...

Harris received certification for the AN/PRC-117G following comprehensive tests and a recommendation from the JTRS Test and Evaluation Laboratory. The AN/PRC-117G is a wideband manpack companion to ...