[December 05, 2012] General Dynamics receives order from US Navy to supply additional DMRs Tweet Dec 05, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- General Dynamics has received order from the US Navy for an additional 53 General Dynamics-built AN/USC-61(C) four-channel Digital Modular Radios, or DMRs, for use aboard new Navy ships, submarines and inshore sites. In addition to the new radios, existing DMR hardware will be modified to accommodate networking waveforms owned by the government. This order exercises an option on a contract awarded to General Dynamics in 2010. The option has a total potential value of $35 million. General Dynamics has delivered more than 500 DMR radios to the Navy. The radio is capable of simultaneous, secure short-range and global communications on any of its four channels. The radio is interoperable with a wide variety of legacy military radios and was the first software defined radio certified by the National Security Agency to protect information classified at the Top Secret level and below. "Serving the fleet since 1998, DMR radios continue to be extremely cost-effective. With these hardware modifications the DMR will provide even greater cost savings as it becomes interoperable with the US Department of Defense's next-generation radios," said Chris Marzilli, president of General Dynamics C4 Systems. http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]