The Army is asking industry — and itself — whether it truly needs to own and maintain 350,000 high-end tactical radios. Buying simpler radios and leasing the…
Army Light Infantry, Stryker and Armored Forces Are Getting This Advanced Comms Gear
A forward observer with the 82nd Airborne uses AN/PRC 148 2-channel Leader radio to transmit position location information obtained from the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) during a live fires exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana in January 2019 (U.S. Army/Justin Eimers)
7 May 2021
U.S. Army modernization officials are pushing forward with a plan to outfit light infantry, Stryker and armored combat brigades with advanced radios and communications kits designed to speed decision-making even under sophisticated enemy jamming attacks. We want to give them radios and systems that allow the data to flow in a contested environment, Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher, director of the Army Network Cross-Functional Team, told defense reporters Tuesday at a tactical network demonstration at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia.