
The Army is barreling toward a production decision on the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio (MNVR) despite a damning report by the Pentagon’s chief weapon tester that the system doesn’t work.“MNVR did not meet commanders’ operational need for a mid-tier network solution,” Michael Gilmore wrote in a July 5 memo to senior Defense Department and Army acquisition officials.The report details the Harris Corp. [HRS] AN/VRC-118 radio’s performance during an operational assessment during the Network Integration Evaluation 16.2 at Fort Bliss, Texas,…