Since every unit has its own unique mission, they employ the radios according to their own needs. The tactical network allows timely decisions by leaders at the critical point of an engagement." "Soldiers in the Army's lowest tactical formations can pass data and information utilizing the AN/PRC-117G as a flexible tactical network backbone. "The enemy in Afghanistan might lack the state-of-the art technology that we field, but they adapt their tactics constantly," Crosby said. It's 30 percent smaller and 35 percent lighter than currently fielded multiband manpack radios. It is also interoperable with legacy radios. This commercial, off-the-shelf single-channel radio provides wideband networking capability and interoperability with fielded waveforms. The radio can support small-unit operations and connect the tactical edge with forces at company-level and above. It allows troops to exchange large amounts of tactical data, such as video and biometrics.
The wireless AN/PRC-117G radio can simultaneously transmit voice and data. Today, the radios are helping those units expand communications networks that were previously restricted to fixed sites. Since the initial fielding, more than 2,300 AN/PRC-117G radios have been fielded to units in Afghanistan. In October 2009, PEO C3T first fielded the radios to the 4th Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan in response to an Operational Needs Statement, which is a process that allows urgent requests from theater for equipment or resources to be identified and rapidly fielded. More than 3,800 Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division will participate in NIE 12.1. 19 at Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
The AN/PRC-117G radios are also playing a key role in the Army's second Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE 12.1, which runs from Oct. "It provides the dismounted Soldier with a means to relay information from the battlefield to a command post, in real-time." Troy Crosby, product manager for NS, which manages the radios. "This radio sends critical information to Soldiers when they need it the most," said Lt. These radios will support the modernization of brigade combat team tactical communications and the LandWarNet/Battle Command G3/5/7 validated requirement to field the AN/PRC-117G radios to eight Infantry BCTs in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013. 30 for the procurement of eight Brigade Combat Teams worth of AN/PRC-117G radios. 2, 2011 - As the Army focuses on its number-one priority of modernizing the network, its first networking waveform radio continues to enhance communications at the tactical edge.Įxpanding its fielding efforts, Product Manager Network Systems, known as PdM NS, which is assigned to the Army's Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, or PEO C3T, awarded a $66 million contract to Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Fla.
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