Marines must master 28 tools before deployment including rifles, radios, medical gear, optics and navigation systems. The IFAK and Combat Application Tourniquet are essential trauma tools that can ...

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A U.S. Marine assembles an L3Harris AN/PRC-117G radio. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps The Pentagon’s push to adopt more commercial communications systems, from outer space to troops on the ground, is ...

L3Harris Technologies' AN/PRC-160 HF manpack, which enables forces to transmit video, voice, and data up to Top Secret Level, has been selected for the German armed forces. (L3 Harris Technologies) ...

A legacy AN/PRC-117G Adaptive Networking Wideband Waveform aboard an MV-22 Osprey at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. (US Marine Corps) The US Marine Corps (USMC) is exploring options for ...

Cpl. Samuel Ayers, a radio operator with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, programs a PRC-152 multiband handheld radio during a an exercise at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Sept.

When it comes to calling in air support, nobody does it better than Air Force Combat Controllers, who are trained to deploy with Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs, and other special operators who go way ...

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit practice assembling an AN/PRC-117G radio on the flight deck of the 'Wasp'-class amphibious assault ship USS 'Kearsarge.' You’re a U.S. Marine Corps ...

Between 1996 and 2011, the U.S. military spent $6 billion to develop and field a new tactical radio. Even in the context of U.S. military spending, $6 billion is a big chunk of change. By comparison, ...

Marine Corps Systems Command is updating its tactical satellite system that provides increased communication on the battlefield. Based on field user evaluations, the upgraded technology is performing ...

A student assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, who is in the Special Forces Communications Sergeant course, practices using a PDA-184 computer and an AN/ ...

This new system brings SATCOM capabilities in various formats to Marines and improves their ability to communicate on the field. The U.S. Marine Corps recently began using a next-generation narrowband ...