Raytheon ELCAN positions for SOF need
Raytheon ELCAN Optical Technologies is moving forward on iterative prototypes for a new digital fire control system. The prototype design integrates an optical sight with …
SOFIC 2018: SOCOM looks to next gen communications
The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) Program Executive Office for Command and Control, Communications and Computers (C4) has confirmed to Shephard it is still interested in identifying a next-generation High Frequency (HF) communications capability for force components.
Speaking to Shephard at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa, Florida on 23rd May, program manager Deb Woods confirmed how PEO C4 remained in the ‘sustainment’ phase for legacy HF technology, which includes the AN/PRC-160(V) Wideband HF/VHF Manpack and AN/PRC-137 HF radio.
However, she explained how her department was considering various next-generation HF capabilities moving forward although she was unwilling
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