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Marine Corps Wants Off-The-Shelf Smartphones Suitable For Combat

Marine Corps Wants Off-The-Shelf Smartphones Suitable For Combat
Photo Credit: PEO Soldier In line with the Army's focus on the tactical network, PEO Soldier has advanced development on the Nett Warrior system. Most recently, PEO Soldier has included a Samsung Galaxy Note II smart phone as the chest-mounted "end-user device" that serves as the centerpiece of the system. Nett Warrior gives Soldiers from team leader upwards situational awareness on the battlefield.

The Marine Corps is seeking a commercially available handheld device suitable for tactical mobile communications that can be purchase in large quantities on relatively short notice.The request for information (RFI) was published last week by Marine Corps Systems Command seeking a “common handheld” and information on integration and interoperability with systems already in use by its Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) formations. “Across the DoD, various organizations are establishing programs to secure commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) handheld devices for sensitive communications,…

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