The Army should complete additional testing to ensure that its software-defined radios and tactical communications network are technologically mature and sufficiently reliable, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. A March 31 report on the Defense Department's major weapon programs found that while the Army's Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit Radios program "has demonstrated all its critical technologies as mature through testing," further testing is required in order "to verify the resolution of issues" regarding the...
