T
o provide needed communica- tion capabilities to Soldiers, the Army has placed significant emphasis on advances in tacti-
cal radio technology aimed at driving industry innovation in hardware while leveraging years of government invest- ment in software.
In recent months, DOD transitioned the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS), reassigning its key hardware programs to the Army and Navy. Additionally, the Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) was established to provide secure joint
tactical networking applications
that can operate in a variety of hardware transport solutions through an affordable, government-controlled open architecture.
Tis effort will leverage the considerable technological progress achieved over the past decade of JTRS development while harnessing industry’s ability to develop, build, and deliver cost-effective hardware solutions. Hardware will be engineered to use low- and high-capacity waveforms that facilitate efficient and secure sharing of voice, video, data, and imagery across the force in real time, to provide warf- ighters on the battlefield with the right information at the right place, on time for mission success.
Interoperability is at the heart of the JTNC effort to support secure networks. Tese networks are, by design, capable of providing forward-positioned forces with
BUILDING MOBILE NETWORKS The Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit (HMS) radio program is a key element of the Army’s effort to network small units with Soldiers by providing critical information at the lowest echelons. Here, a Soldier from 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division moni- tors communications during Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 13.1, held at Fort Bliss, TX, and White Sands Missile Range, NM, in fall 2012 to assess the maturity of emerging industry capabili- ties that can meet HMS requirements. (U.S. Army photo by Claire Heininger)
terrestrial and aerial tier communication networks that can function without satel- lite networks or a fixed infrastructure.
Te radios are engineered to function as routers as well as radios. Tis allows the radios to serve also as nodes in an extended mobile ad hoc network, con- necting dispersed units on the battlefield that otherwise would be disconnected by line-of-sight challenges such as moun- tainous terrain.
CONNECTING AIR, GROUND The Small Airborne Networking Radio program, designed to enhance communication capabilities for the Kiowa, Apache, Chinook, and Black Hawk helicopters as well as the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System, is slated to enter low-rate initial production by the fourth quarter of FY14. Here, SPC Devin Hobson, a radio team operator attached to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), observes a pair of Kiowa helicopters near Big Gherghara mountain Nov. 8 in Afghanistan’s Khost province as they provide overwatch. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Christopher Bonebrake, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
TRANSITION TAKES SHAPE To implement DOD’s recommenda- tions,
the Army assigned management
of JTNC and several radio programs to the Program Executive Office Command, Control, and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T).
PEO C3T has assigned a Project Man- ager (PM) Tactical Radios, whose office oversees a Product Manager Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit (HMS) radio and a Product Manager Network Systems, managing current force and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) radios.
Te Airborne Maritime/Fixed Sta-
tion (AMF) and Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio (MNVR)
programs
will continue to be led by their respec- tive project managers until their next
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