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With Open Architecture Radios, Army Can Learn New Tricks With Old Waveforms

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

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With Open Architecture Radios, Army Can Learn New Tricks With Old Waveforms

A combination of miniaturization and open-systems software architectures is aiding the Army in assembling the radios it needs to establish battlefield communication networks and bring data from orbiting satellites to dismounted soldiers.Companies that hold or are maneuvering for Army radio contracts are designing ever-smaller radios that operate multiple communication waveforms drawn from the Defense Department information repository, Christopher Aebli, vice president for defense business at Harris [HRS], told Defense Daily at the AUSA symposium. “With open architecture, you can look…

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