AUSA 2012: First NIE 12.1 Procurement Targets Single Channel SRW Radios
In what appears to be the first procurement activity emerging from the US Army’s recent Network Integration Evaluation (NIE), the service has just released a [21 February 2012] ‘sources sought’ announcement for a single-channel, vehicle-mounted radio running the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW).
‘Let’s look at the piece of the network,’ said Col (P) Dan Hughes, director of the System of Systems Integration Directorate in the office of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA (ALT)). ‘We want to be able to have as many nodes on the network as possible to enhance our SRW capability.’
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