As legacy combat net radios (CNRs) approach their end of service life, modern armed forces seek next-generation tactical communications devices to provide personnel with transformational capabilities.

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L3Harris Technologies has announced that low rates initial production has begun on the new generation F-Pano night vision goggles under a contract to USSOCOM. The F-Pano or Fused Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggle is an enhancement of the famous quad or GPNVG-18 that offers 97-degree field of vision and integration with a range of battlefield systems including the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK).

This effort is aligned with Secretary Hegseth's guidance (Directing Modern Software Acquisition to Maximize Lethality, March 6, 2025) and will reform the way the Department acquires, tests, and authorizes secure software.

Army Soldiers with the 10th Homeland Response Force Communications Section (J6), Washington National Guard, deliver cross-training on the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) technology to U.S. Sailors and Marines on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Aug. 29, 2024. ATAK is a digital application that enables coordination between mission command and teams on the ground through position data, chat, mission planning, and shared overlays on end-user device such as a smartphone or a tablet. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Adeline Witherspoon)

NATO EDGE 2024 — In an effort to move toward data centricity, NATO is in the process of creating a classified cloud system in which member nations can share secret information, NATO’s chief information officer told Breaking Defense.

The experiment could pave the way for field commanders to have more options for controlling a battlespace as the Air Force retires its current fleet of aging command and control (C2) platforms.

Program Executive Office - Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) is working on a pilot as part of the architecture modernization in collaboration with the United States Marine Corps (USMC), shifting EWPMT’s electromagnetic warfare and spectrum management capabilities to the Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) framework.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has called for a funding increase for the two-channel Leader Radio (LR) and the Manpackable (MP) variant of the Single-Channel Data Radio (SCDR), however, largely left coffers funding tactical network technology (TNT) development remain static, according to the department's fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal.

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