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Army

NSA Approves First JTRS WNW-Capable Radio System

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

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The Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) yesterday said the Ground Mobile Radio (JTRS GMR) system was certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) on March 23. The GMR radio system implements the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), and the approved Joint WNW Network Manager (JWNM). The GMR program, under development by Boeing [BA], was canceled a little over a week later as of March 31, the JPEO JTRS office…

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