View Full Version : DoD Weapons Chief Signs Off on Big Army Radio Buy
BMT (RIP)
07-13-2012, 15:05
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120713/DEFREG02/307130009?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
BMT
Team Sergeant
07-13-2012, 15:08
Great now the rifleman can just "tweet" when he's getting shot at.....;)
greenberetTFS
07-13-2012, 16:27
Great now the rifleman can just "tweet" when he's getting shot at.....;)
Any 18E's got an opinion on this?..........:rolleyes:
Big Teddy :munchin
Badger52
07-14-2012, 14:21
Great now the rifleman can just "tweet" when he's getting shot at.....;)I'm Twitter-illiterate. Is there a special vocab that the rest of DoD has to learn for the generation actually making use of this in the field?
Last hard class
07-14-2012, 14:40
Only $9000.00 a piece. About the same as my iphone.
LHC
When connected to a smartphone device, the Rifleman Radio forms the backbone of the Army’s Nett Warrior program, which allows dismounted soldiers...
...who have their smart phone batteries all charged up.
Paragrouper
07-14-2012, 15:27
...who have their smart phone batteries all charged up.
Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy:D
Badger52
07-14-2012, 15:32
Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy:DA new TTP will be issued shortly that aids in selection of who cranks.
:D
Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy:D
A new TTP will be issued shortly that aids in selection of who cranks.
:D
At $9,000 a piece they should be using algea or wind power or something to recharge automatically.
greenberetTFS
07-14-2012, 17:37
Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy:D
That's was my job!....... :p Well somebody's got to do it............;)
Big Teddy :munchin
Team Sergeant
07-15-2012, 10:07
I'm Twitter-illiterate. Is there a special vocab that the rest of DoD has to learn for the generation actually making use of this in the field?
"When connected to a smartphone device, the Rifleman Radio forms the backbone of the Army’s Nett Warrior program, which allows dismounted soldiers to push voice messages, images and data across the battlefield."
Sounds like a "hardened" IPad for use with a smart device to send data. Now the troops will be able to tweet enemy positions, play Angry Birds and blog all at the same time......;)
Team Sergeant
07-15-2012, 10:22
Facebook post-0300- Sitting in ambush position with my buddies.
Facebook post- 0330 we just got attacked. How did they know we were here?
You think that's bad just until the arms dealers build a bomb that homes in on specific RF devices......
Badger52
07-15-2012, 15:46
Sounds like a "hardened" IPad for use with a smart device to send data. Now the troops will be able to tweet enemy positions, play Angry Birds and blog all at the same time......;)OK, thanks for the direction - I've got some research to do. (I don't know whether that's a UAV formation, built-in video game, or an Alfred Hitchcock movie.)
I'm still using a cell, but it does take pics & send texts.
Are twitter-like devices subject to receiving "junk" mail too?
Is the term "helmet fire" now obsolete?
Sorry, never mind; trudging off to do the legwork....
:rolleyes: