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General Dynamics Reports Manpack PRC-155 Radio and MUOS Satellite Communications System [Travel & Leisure Close - Up](Travel & Leisure Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) General Dynamics C4 Systems completed a series of radio-call tests using the AN/PRC-155 two-channel Manpack radios and the Mobile User Objective System satellite communications system to connect General Dynamics' personnel located at Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort Benning, Ga., and Fort Bragg, N.C., with the company's facility in Scottsdale, Ariz. According to a company release, the radio tests validated that personnel using AN/PRC-154A Rifleman and Sincgars radios could connect with the PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio to access the MUOS Satcom system. Test participants could talk to one another while hearing their voices with cellphone-like clarity. The test also included making conference calls connecting multiple participants at different locations, a thousand miles apart. Chris Marzilli, president of General Dynamics C4 Systems, said, "The PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio is the only tactical radio to successfully connect and sustain voice and data communications using the MUOS satellite communications system. With the success of this test, the PRC-155 continues to deliver on the promise of the Army's tactical network- keeping soldiers informed and aware, from the most isolated foxhole to the Pentagon and back." "With the PRC-155 radio, soldiers and special operators can stay in touch with headquarters, from anywhere on Earth, anytime," said retired U.S. Army General Scott Wallace, a consultant for General Dynamics. "The cellphone-like clarity demonstrated during each call, the communications consistency and ability to use different radios, with the PRC-155 MUOS Manpack radio acting as the communications bridge to the MUOS satellite communications system, is a significant step forward in placing the full power of the Army's tactical network in the hands of soldiers." More information and complete details: thesoldiersnetwork.com. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |