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Boeing JTRS GMR Radios Complete Eight Months of Field Tests

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Thursday, November 20th, 2008

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Boeing [BA] and the Defense Department Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) have concluded eight months of successful field tests, demonstrating how software-defined Ground Mobile Radios (GMRs) are able to operate with one another in a tactical operational environment. The monthlong demonstration JTRS GMR system concluded Oct. 3 and included a 12-node, secure, self-healing, multi-channel network operating in the field at the Electronic Proving Grounds at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. The JTRS GMR program is following an…

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