EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FORCE


FLEXIBILITY


EFFICIENCY BUYS


HMS Next -Gen radio plat form integration team executes a digital transformation.


by Fred Kelso, Kenny Lee and Jack Schaefer D


id you know that the U.S. Army has hundreds of vehicle variants and that each one needs a custom-designed and custom-built kit to mount its radios? Add to this the reality that the Army also carries multiple radio types, originally designed to be hand-held or carried in rucksacks and produced


by several different vendors, and it’s easy to see how managing the design, production, testing and installation of these kits (a process known as integration) presents a chal- lenge for the engineers and logisticians who must routinely ensure that every kit fits and works perfectly across the Army’s diverse portfolio of vehicles.


T e Army’s Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) platform integration team is tackling these challenges by moving out of the analog age and into the digital age, aligning their processes with the goals of Army Directive 2024-02, “Enabling Modern Software Development and Acquisition Practices”—particularly the need to “accelerate the Army’s digital transformation to deliver needed capabilities to Soldiers.”


Te scope and magnitude of the efforts required from the integration team for the Army’s HMS tactical radios gradually increased over many years until it suddenly exploded with the advent of the Next-Generation (Next-Gen) radios. In addition, radio fielding needs are subject to short notice changes due to real world conditions. In the face of these complex challenges, increased efficiency became imperative to maintain the flex- ibility needed for kit design and production.


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