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National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright	DHS Tests Multi-Band, Interoperable Radio The Department of Homeland Security has entered the final stages of its four-year, nearly $9 million effort to develop a multi-band radio that can communicate across virtually all spectrums.
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National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Multi-Band Radio Key to Interoperable Communications, But Concerns Are Raised About Price A world where police, fire, and emergency services can seamlessly communicate with each other over the airwaves has been a dream of the Department of Homeland Security since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina four years later.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	Harris Corp. Adopts Objective Interface Systems Middleware for Falcon III Falcon III radios enable the secure transmission of information to the mobile warfighter. Harris has shipped 50,000 Falcon III AN/PRC-152 radios to date.
National Defense November 2009 Wright & Magnuson	Communication Interoperability Not Yet Achieved, Says Chertoff Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff expressed frustration that the federal government has yet to establish a national radio spectrum available to public-safety agencies during emergencies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 John McHale	SDR: A Spectrum of Possibilities Whether it is called a disruptive technology or a paradigm shift in communications, the proliferation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology is changing the way the military and other industries view radio communications.
Scientific American September 2009 Larry Greenemeier	Radio for Responders: Public Safety Bandwidth Goes Unused As multiband radio for public safety proceeds, the digital spectrum for it still lags
National Defense January 2006 David C. Walsh	Inter-Agency Communications Systems Remain Uncoordinated Hurricane Katrina revealed many failures in the government's communications capabilities. But replacing old analog systems with interoperable transmission equipment, special gear and redundant systems is an expensive, operationally complex proposition.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John Keller	Transforming radio communications The next frontier of wireless radio communications is widely believed to be "cognitive radio" -- RF transceivers that use artificial intelligence, neural networks, or other advanced technologies to make informed decisions based on past usage.
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean	Industry Pushing Ahead with Software-Based Radios The U.S. Defense Department's troubled program to replace its radios with a family of software-based communications devices is plodding along slowly.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 Ben Ames	Special forces demand smaller, lighter electronics Special operations forces still rely on advanced electronics to move with speed and stealth through hostile territory, but the last thing they want is one more gadget to hang on their vests.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005	Battlefield Applications of Wireless Networks Traditionally, land forces combat and service support units rely on voice communications for operations, coordination and control
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John McHale	Motorola building Wyoming's communication system Motorola engineers are building a $51.4 million advanced wireless voice and data-communications system, called WyoLink, capable of connecting more than 150 public-safety and public-service agencies throughout Wyoming.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	Navy Looks to Software-Defined Radio to Supplement or Replace Satellite Communications Raytheon engineers will investigate new modular, software-defined digital radio architectures to improve data link performance with high-throughput waveforms in all frequency bands.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Roy Rubenstein	Radios Get Smart But can they be trusted to roam the spectrum and not interfere with existing users? Some analysts say it's only a matter of time before cognitive radios get into the commercial arena, because the economics are compelling.
National Defense January 2007 Tyrone C. Taylor	Pentagon, First Responders Share Communications Needs The military and civilian emergency responder communities share an overlapping need for enhanced communication technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John Keller	Harris RF Designers Expand Into Networked Sensors Applications Harris' RF Communications Division is making a strategic expansion into networked sensors applications to augment their state-of-the-art military radios that operate securely in bands ranging from HF to satellite communications.
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Radio Software Promises Improved Access to Military Satellites Radio manufacturers this year will offer to their military customers a new application that will provide easier connections to communication satellites.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 J.R. Wilson	Transformational Communications The world of military communications is on the verge of massive and revolutionary change, driving towards a networked battlespace. Still, what matters most is the person at the "pointy end of the spear."
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004	Software-Defined Radio and Jtrs The U.S. military's next-generation radio system is to be based on software-defined radios, which will enable one radio to communicate with several radio networks, no matter the type of radio, whether it be SINCGARS or a satellite terminal.
National Defense February 2013 Valerie Insinna	Radio Competition Reaches Final Stretch Companies competing for the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio have one more test before the Army awards a contract this year.
National Defense May 2007 Sandra Erwin	Defense Department `Bundles' Handheld Radio Procurements The Defense Department is expected to soon seek industry bids for as many as 89,000 handheld combat radios.
National Defense January 2012 Stew Magnuson	Rise of Smartphones May Sound Death Knell for Old Push-to-Talk Radios Handing an infantryman a device the size and shape of a brick that can only perform one task, voice communications, may soon be akin to issuing him a musket.
National Defense October 2012 Eric Beidel	Industry Ready to Pounce on Embattled Radio Programs After nearly two decades and billions of dollars spent, the Joint Tactical Radio System, once a grand plan to build do-it-all radios common to the military services, is in a state of flux.
National Defense September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army, Marines Buying Loads Of Radios In response to booming Army and Marine Corps tactical radio orders, manufacturers rapidly are expanding their production capacity to meet this extraordinary demand.
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Closest of Allies, But Not When it Comes to Radios Despite considerable advances in tactical communications technology interoperability on the battlefield between U.S. and U.K. forces remains years away.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Urban Battles Highlight Shortfalls in Soldier Communications The chaotic door-to-door warfare seen in Iraq offers glaring proof that dismounted U.S. troops need better communications devices, experts contend. When radios failed, soldiers resorted to the only available and reliable form of communication: screaming.
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson	Company Expanding Interoperable Comms Beyond First Responders Mutualink Inc., a Wallingford, Conn.-based firm, saw its system tested during Hurricane Sandy last year. Prior to that catastrophic storm, it had already signed up dozens of clients in New Jersey.
U.S. CPSC August 29, 2007	Weather Radios Recalled by Oregon Scientific Due to Failure to Receive National Weather Service Alerts The radios could fail to receive National Weather Service alert signals in certain areas of the country. In the event of severe weather, this failure could put a consumer's life and property at risk.
National Defense July 2012 Dan Ward	Tactical Radios: Military Procurement Gone Awry How exactly did the Army go about making the radio better and better? By increasing its complexity, extending the schedule, spending more money and making the device larger.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 John McHale	New communications for Navy ships based on software-defined radio Software-defined-radio technology is being used on various U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines, as well as fixed land sites, to replace several legacy radios with one system.
IEEE Spectrum October 2010 Mitchell Lazarus	The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy
IEEE Spectrum November 2012 Rachel Courtland	Wi-Fi Radio Takes a Digital Turn Intel's new transceiver pushes RF circuitry further into the digital realm, but will it make it out of the lab?
National Defense September 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Under Pressure to Bring Broadband to The Battlefield In the Army's 2010 modernization roadmap, the "network" is billed as a top priority.
National Defense April 2015 Valerie Insinna	Navy's Digital Modular Radio Gets Software Boost General Dynamics Mission Systems' digital modular radio has been deployed on Navy ships for more than 10 years. The service has focused on upgrading the radios with modern capabilities.
Home Toys June 2003 John Hansen	The Future for Radios is Digital In coming months, AM/FM radio listeners who would like to enjoy higher quality sound will not have to sign up for satellite radio subscriptions or install considerably more expensive radio receivers to relive the sweet sounds of last week's Nora Jones concert on the drive to work.
IEEE Spectrum April 2009 Koch & Prasad	The Universal Handset Software-defined radio will let cellphones speak Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMax, and more.
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Trials and tribulations persist in Joint Tactical Radio The military services are severely slashing their expected buys of the Defense Department's troubled joint tactical radio system.