Joint Radios in MRAPs
By
Bob Brewin
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - I arrived here on Wednesday to see a demo of the Joint Tactical Radio Systems program operating in the vehicle of choice for Afghanistan and Iraq: mine resistant ambush protected vehicles. I plan to file a full report on Thursday for the Nextgov news feed.
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - I arrived here on Wednesday to see a demo of the Joint Tactical Radio Systems program operating in the vehicle of choice for Afghanistan and Iraq: mine resistant ambush protected vehicles. I plan to file a full report for the Nextgov news feed.
I'm well known as either a realist or a cynic when it comes to JTRS, but have promised the Boeing folks, who developed the JTRS ground mobile radios used in the MRAPs that I will have an open mind.
I'd be really thrilled if a manpack version was going through a test here so I could relive my youth as a Marine 2531 radio operator and wear one on my back.
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