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Marine Corps To Field Improved Mobile SATCOM Capability Across Radios By Fall

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 6th, 2018

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Marine Corps To Field Improved Mobile SATCOM Capability Across Radios By Fall

Artist's rendering of a Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

The Marine Corps is set to become the first service to widely deploy the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communication capability for the battlefield as it looks to install the system across its radios by this fall, officials said on Wednesday.MUOS capabilities will be fielded to the Marines’ AN/PRC-117G radios through the fourth quarter of FY '18 with initial operational capability planned for the beginning of FY ‘19, as officials look to boost the force’s line of sight capabilities.The…

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