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AOC 2018: Radios in the spotlight at US Army’s evaluation

21st November 2018 - 12:00 GMT | by Scott Gourley in Fort Bliss, Texas

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As part of its exploration of a new integrated tactical network, the US Army demonstrated the capabilities of several new tactical radios during the recent Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 18.2.

The event, held from 1-12 November at Fort Bliss, Texas, encompassed a range of soldier-led evaluations designed to further integrate and rapidly progress the US Army’s tactical communications network.

‘About a year ago the army noticed that soldiers were carrying two radios; a data radio, which had certain capabilities but certain limitations, and a voice-focused radio, which has advantages in terms of things like range’, explained LTC Michael Baker, product

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