FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 11 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy is exercising a contract option to procure additional digital modular radios and related gear from General Dynamics Mission Systems.
The radios — the AN/USC-61 (C) — are capable of using the next-generation Mobile User Objective System waveform and are worth more than $29 million.
MUOS is a next-generation secure satellite communications system of the U.S. military.
A total of 56 AN/USC-61 (C) radios will be delivered under the fifth option of a 2010 contract.
“DMR is an extremely versatile radio and we continue to update its capabilities to ensure that Navy communications networks have the most advanced and secure technologies,” said Mike DiBiase, vice president and general manager of C4IRS Technologies for General Dynamics Mission Systems. “MUOS is an excellent example of an advanced capability that will provide smartphone-like connectivity among military personnel working in some of the toughest, most remote environments.”
General Dynamics’ DRM radio is software-defined. A recent software upgrade for existing DMRs turns the four-channel radios into eight-channel devices.
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