The Army last month issued delivery orders for risk reduction and operational testing of the full-rate production Manpack radio to two of the three vendors that participated in the previous phase, while the third removed itself from contention. The July 31 contracts -- $12 million for Harris Corp. and $11.9 million for Rockwell Collins -- support procurement of 101 radios per vendor. First deliveries are expected in April 2018, with follow-on deliveries to support risk reduction in late 2018 and...
