The Defense Department recently sent congressional defense committees a $47 million Army reprogramming request that would start the service's Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio program, which is intended to replace the terminated Ground Mobile Radio. While some lawmakers, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in particular, have voiced their opposition to DOD's practice of reprogramming funds for new-start efforts, Army officials say the Joint Tactical Radio System's MNVR is only technically a new-start. "Funds are required to satisfy the operational gap due to...
