Soldiers from the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment led the way as the first to conduct combat communications with the Rifleman Radio, the Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) Program Office of the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS). General Dynamics [GD] completed the AN/PRC-154 Rifleman radio’s Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) during the Army’s recently concluded Network Integration Evaluation at Fort Bliss, Texas, the last step before full-rate production (Defense Daily, Dec. 14). Low-rate initial…
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