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JPEO JTRS Successful In SRW Tests On Vendor Radios

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

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The Joint Program Executive Officer (JPEO) for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) said it successfully completed the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) Interoperability Quicklook laboratory test designed to investigate the ability of SRW to communicate real time voice and data across waveforms installed on radio platforms from multiple vendors. This test was performed at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center-Atlantic in Charleston, S.C. May 9-13, the office said in a June 14 statement. JTRS government test engineers successfully planned,…

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