Harris wins $400m contract to replace legacy U.S. SpecOps radio equipment

[69harley]

Originally Posted by MtnGoat

2010 we worked with conventional USMC and used their 152's. I would have to go along with what Whitetip1115 is saying. Yes a bit heavier, but a far superior radio than the 148. 117 had always killed the PSC-5.

HPW with it's Outlook interface is what made the 117F better than the PSC-5.

Unfortunately, HPW only really works on Harris stuff and is address based. The new PDA-184 software from DISA is IP based, works on almost every radio platform and is free to government users.

The transistion from HPW to PDA is meeting resistance, but will probably happen eventually. I prefer PDA-184 because it works cross platform, ie and MBITR can pass data to a 117F and PSC-5, so it pretty much does away with stovepipe'd systems.

[SWCS4Life]

Originally Posted by 69harley

HPW with it's Outlook interface is what made the 117F better than the PSC-5.

That and the fact that it doesn't weigh 100lbs.

[69harley]

Originally Posted by SWCS4Life

That and the fact that it doesn't weigh 100lbs.

Well actually the PSC-5 and 117F are both about the same size and weight. The 117F does not have a significant weight advantage over the PSC-5.

[SWCS4Life]

Originally Posted by 69harley

Well actually the PSC-5 and 117F are both about the same size and weight. The 117F does not have a significant weight advantage over the PSC-5.

Ah my fault I misread that thought it was the 117G.