MUOS in new army test
During a test conducted on the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite network, General Dynamics' AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack Radio successfully provided voice and data communications with on-orbit MUOS satellites, it was announced on 12 January.
The demonstration, conducted as part of US Army testing, will help determine if the MUOS waveform is ready for operational use.
The test saw the AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio run two terrestrial waveforms (the Soldier Radio Waveform and Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System waveform) along with the MUOS waveform.
The PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio features a high-power amplifier and has the capacity to connect different waveforms and radios used by soldiers across a mission area. It receives a call from a tactical radio on one channel and retransmits the call to a satellite or tactical communications network using the second channel.
Mike DiBiase, vice president and general manager, General Dynamics Mission Systems, said: 'As part of the Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) family, the PRC-155 Manpack is the only army-fielded radio available to the US today.
'These radios connect the new MUOS network, bridging lower-tier tactical networks like the soldier radio waveform and SINCGARS radios to the big army network, reaching back to army personnel located in the most austere locations.'
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