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General Dynamics: Fault Radios For Army Network Vulnerabilities, Not WIN-T

General Dynamics: Fault Radios For Army Network Vulnerabilities, Not WIN-T
A WIN-T Increment 2 tactical communications node on a five-ton truck (left) and a newer, half-size version of the same system on the back of a Humvee (right) at General Dynamics Land Systems' Taunton, Mass., manufacturing facility. (Photo by Dan Parsons)

TAUNTON, Mass. – Recent public criticism of the Army’s battlefield communications network is not unfounded, but fault likely should reside with the range and security of tactical radios rather than the satellite-based system that drew fire from senior Army officials and lawmakers.The Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, or WIN-T, is under scrutiny because of concerns it does not have sufficient range and is too vulnerable to hacking and jamming to survive and operate in combat against a near-peer adversary.“There were some critical…

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