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Army

Army Taps Three Companies For ‘Automated Failover’ Radio Evaluation, Soldier Tests Starting In September

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

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Army Taps Three Companies For ‘Automated Failover’ Radio Evaluation, Soldier Tests Starting In September

Photo: Persistent Systems.

The Army will test new radios from three companies over the next year to evaluate technologies to maintain soldier communications on the battlefield by automatically switching between waveforms after initial channels are compromised, with plans to start experiments with soldiers in September. Persistent Systems, Silvus and Oceus have each received a deal from the Army’s Network Cross Functional Team (CFT) and Program Executive Office Command Control Communications Tactical (PEO C3T) to test their new radios and inform the feasibility of…

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