A paratrooper from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division communicates using the JTRS Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) Manpack Radio during a recent field exercise at Fort Bragg, NC. The Manpack’s limited user testing, to include Soldier Radio Waveform, was part of the Network Integration Exercise at Fort Bliss, TX, and White Sands Missile Range, NM. (Photo by Ashley Blumenfeld, JPEO JTRS.)
WAVEFORMS
An integral part of building the Army network by LtCol Brian Barton, USMC (Ret.)
Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) is playing a key role in the Army’s Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) this summer, providing the terrestrial network backbone.