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Army Establishes Open Architecture Voice Communication For Tactical Network

Friday, July 31st, 2015

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Army Establishes Open Architecture Voice Communication For Tactical Network

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The Army’s new battlefield network now will have the ability to link radios, smartphones and other communication devices together to provided two-way voice communications, regardless of make or model of the device accessing the data.Before the procurement of WAVE technology, the network was unable to link two-way radios, phones and computers together, according to the Army’s program office for tactical command, control and communications (PEO C3T).Prior to purchasing WAVE from Twisted Pair Solutions, a subsidiary of Motorola [MOT], individual Army…

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