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1st. Lt. Michael Austin, platoon leader for Attack Co., 1-503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd Airborne Brigade, uses the End User Device to report information to his company commander through the Integrated Tactical Network during a live-fire exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 2, 2018. (Photo by Spc. Joshua Cofield, 173rd Airborne Brigade)

Army could be moving to eliminate radios at the tactical edge

As the Army looks to modernize under what it calls its Next Generation Command and Control architecture, the service's vice chief said radios will be replaced by…

Apr 22, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Tactical radios were employed by the 25th Infantry Division throughout the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 24-01 exercise, held at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, in November 2023. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army/Sam Brooks)

Army turning network attention to radios next

With several network modernization efforts in the works, the program office is seeking to examine the right mix of radios for units.

Dec 11, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Anthony Peter, a rifleman with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, establishes radio communications during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 20, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Aubuchon)

Marine Corps plans to upgrade 50,000 radios across the force

The multi-channel, software-defined radios will ensure communications equipment does not fall into obsolescence.

Jan 29, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

A group of U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Charlie (Cold Steel) Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, along with Australian Defense Force (ADF) Soldiers takes a knee while on their way to an objective for a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023, at the 5th Marine Combat Training Center, Puslatpur, Indonesia., Sept. 11, 2023. (U.S. Army Reserve video by Sgt. 1st Class Austin Berner)

Continued network experimentation informing future Army priorities with an eye on 2030

The Army is taking network equipment to the Pacific for experimentation after years of tests with Europe-focused units.

Oct 6, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Army awards SATCOM-as-a-Service contracts, looks to experiment with as-a-service models across entire network portfolio

The Army's network office could be experimenting with more as a service models in the future where they make sense.

Sep 27, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Staff Sgt. Jacob Rascon, right, and Sgt. David Hendrixson, both assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), analyze prototyped cyber field equipment during Cyber Quest 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. TaMaya Eberhart, 55th Combat Camera)

Army awards radio contracts aimed at improving security and connectivity

The Army awarded contracts to L3Harris and Thales for initial delivery of combat net radios.

Mar 30, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau