US Army receives new AN/PRC-155 radios
General Dynamics Mission Systems and Rockwell Collins has supplied over 1,200 AN/PRC-155 radios to the US Army, according to 12 January announcement by General Dynamics.
The radios were shipped as part of a follow-on low-rate initial production contract for 1,500 new radios. The remainder of the radios will be delivered during the first quarter of 2015.
The two-channel PRC-155 radios are the army's digital 'connecting point' for soldiers and their commanders to share information while collaborating locally and globally, via the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2.
The PRC-155 two-channel manpack radio keeps soldiers cyber-defended and connected to the network. It connects line-of-sight radios to satellite communications systems so soldiers can share observations from their current location, while receiving reconnaissance information or other data to quickly confirm or adjust mission plans from anywhere in the operations area. Soldiers can also use the PRC-155 to reach back to regional headquarters using secure satellite communication networks.
Chris Marzilli, president, General Dynamics Mission Systems, said: 'This is the only army tactical radio to provide the digital connections that army organisations need to stay in touch, one to another, from just about anywhere on the planet.'
In 2014, AN/PRC-155 radios also achieved significant satellite communications milestones using the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). Each MUOS demonstration validated the radio's agility and performance in making cellphone quality voice calls using on-orbit MUOS satellites.
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