Boeing JTRS GMRs Team Demos Integrated Communications

(Huntington Beach, Calif., November 19, 2008) -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) have demonstrated how software-defined Ground Mobile Radios (GMRs) are able to operate with one another in a tactical operational environment.

The monthlong demonstration of the Joint Tactical Radio System, Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR) system concluded Oct. 3 and included a 12-node, secure, self-healing, multichannel network operating in the field at the Electronic Proving Grounds at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. The test verified the evolving maturity of the GMR system in preparation for a government-run system integration test in late 2009.

"The team was able to communicate with voice, video and data communications across the network as vehicles continuously moved through scenarios," said Ralph Moslener, Boeing JTRS GMR program manager.

The extensive field experiment involved over-the-air operations using pre-engineering development models that were running the GMR operating system as well as the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) and the JTRS Wideband Networking Waveform Network Manager (JWNM) -- all in various network and platform configurations. The team verified that 80 percent of the final WNW waveform design is complete. The current version of the WNW demonstrated the system's stability and mobility, as multiple moving vehicles communicated in a live environment.

The testing also analyzed the JWNM's situational awareness and position location reporting system. This network-management software automates initialization and deployment of the JTRS radios and management of the network.

"Numerous scripted tests with various data modes, frequencies and distances were executed by the Boeing team and analyzed by government personnel during the field event," said Moslener. "The tests included demonstrating a 12-node static and mobile test on a flat network using three GMRs in fixed locations, five mounted on U.S. Army High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, and four mounted on Future Combat Systems (FCS) vehicles with GMR configurations and antennas."

Source : Boeing

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