The U.S. Army has released a request for proposals (RFP) to procure additional Manpack Radios, which officials describe as the Army’s first two-channel, software-defined radio capable of supporting ...

Infantry and Special Forces alike have long needed tactical communications-on-the-move manpack terminals that are flexible and quickly deployable to provide ground-based situational awareness. Used ...

The Army abruptly decided last month to shrink the weight requirements and boost the transmission range of up to 60,000 tactical manpack radios it plans to buy, following sharp criticism this summer ...

The PRC-155 Manpack radio seamlessly bridged the SRW communications on one channel to the MUOS frequency needed to connect with the on-orbit MUOS satellites, using the second PRC-155 Manpack radio ...

Editor's Note: A version of this article was published in the April 2015 issue of C4ISR & Networks. Information regarding the weight of the radios as specified has been updated in this version. The ...

Rockwell Collins has received a contract from General Dynamics C4 Systems to produce approximately half of the 3,700 Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios recently ordered ...

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) an initial $82 million, full-rate production order for the company’s new Falcon IV® AN/PRC-167 multi-channel ...

The Army has initiated full and open competition for the full rate production phase of its Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) radio program, the service said in a Nov. 26 news release. The Army’s ...

General Dynamics C4 Systems (GD4CS) has completed a series of radio-call tests using its AN / PRC-155 two-channel manpack radios and the Lockheed Martin-built mobile-user objective system (MUOS) ...