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Navy Orders First Batch of MUOS-Capable Digital Modular Radios

Valerie Insinna

Monday, August 10th, 2015

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Navy Orders First Batch of MUOS-Capable Digital Modular Radios

Four Digital Modular Radios (DMRs) on the right aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) supercarrier. Photo: U.S. Navy.

General Dynamics [GD] landed a $29 million order for AN/USC-61 Digital Modular Radios equipped with a new waveform that will expand the Navy’s ability to communicate all over the globe.While the Navy has been using DMR on its submarines and surface ships since 1998, the 54 units purchased by the service on Monday will be the first able to use the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform. MUOS—a narrowband tactical satellite communications system that will allow troops to transmit and…

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