Harris… Multiband Manpack Moves For DoD (MILCOM)

[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received an $11 million order from the U.S. Department of Defense for Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio systems to address the emerging requirements for increasingly capable networked battlefield communications. The field-proven AN/PRC-117G addresses the DoD’s need for an upgradeable platform that enables tactical communications networking and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in both line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight applications.

The AN/PRC-117G provides warfighters with unprecedented battlefield situational awareness with applications such as streaming video, simultaneous voice and data feeds, collaborative chat, and connectivity to secure networks. The wideband networking capabilities of the AN/PRC-117G give warfighters critical real-time information through a man-portable radio that is significantly smaller, lighter and more capable than legacy units. The Mission Modules for the AN/PRC-117G provide the radio with additional functionality such as a second wideband channel, high-frequency communications, ISR and jamming. The Mission Modules attach to the AN/PRC-117G through a standardized and interchangeable architecture. Mission Module flexibility allows users to take only the capabilities they need into the field, while optimizing the size, weight and power capabilities to fit varying requirements.

The Falcon III AN/PRC-117G and Falcon III® family of radios are becoming the standard for advanced tactical communications, having been widely adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, federal agencies and key allies such as Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps have fielded AN/PRC-117G radios to mission areas to provide next-generation wideband networked communications. The AN/PRC-117G is the first JTRS SCA-certified and NSA Type-1 certified wideband manpack radio system. With its fully integrated and NSA-certified High Assurance Internet Protocol Equipment (HAIPE) networking encryption, the AN/PRC-117G provides the highest level of information assurance connectivity to tactical commanders and deployed forces in the field. This capability enables direct classified voice calls and data exchanges between levels of command on the battlefield. The AN/PRC-117G manpack radio development has followed the U.S. Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program’s Enterprise Business Model (EBM).