Sincere thanks to Soldier Modernisation and Frontline Research for this opportunity to speak. As I hope the interview explains, the 6161 is a great example of the type of product that allows defence procurement to reach deployed effectiveness faster.
There’s an excellent article (link in comments) published around a month ago by Maj. Gen. Matthew Van Wagenen and Col. Arnel David that explains far better than I can and with greater authority some of the issues faced by traditional procurement and large, slow programs in a new era of warfare where we see low-cost, attritable and even experimental tech being deployed at speed, both by partners and adversaries.
Some interesting statements are ‘Rapid technological advancements are outpacing the military's long-term development programs, rendering them obsolete as cheaper, more effective alternatives emerge’ and ‘To survive, the West must revolutionize its military procurement and production processes….. These systems must be affordable, easily updated, interoperable, and adaptable to new threats.’
The design of the 6161 follows this idea closely. The radio is physically interoperable and future proof thanks to its built-in 7-pin GSA-compliant Nett Warrior port, over the air interoperable due to integration of partner waveforms, and in a near constant state of software-defined evolution as the transceiver’s waveforms are updated and refined to respond to the adversary’s own rapid technological developments. Aggressively priced, and compatible to any standard hardware in the modern soldier ecosystem allowing procurement to be conducted outside of or concurrent to battery, headset, EUD, hub or antenna requirements, the 6161 frees users from being locked into a single platform for years or even decades and allows for rapid, economical procurement at the pace that is required today.
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Throwback to last month's Eurosatory in Paris.
Last month, our colleague, Nathan Rijckmans, was interviewed by Soldier Modernisation in conjunction with an editorial feature published in Vol 33 of SoliderMod.
Nathan discusses how our latest generation 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝟲𝟭𝟲𝟭 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 is a scalable modular radio designed to integrate into the array of diverse and evolving power, optical, sensor, navigational and targeting systems carried by the connected solider.
The modularity and adaptability of the 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝟲𝟭𝟲𝟭 results in faster procurement and integration into existing soldier ecosystems and also provides a 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 in the evolving and expanding modern battlefield.
Thanks to SoldierMod for taking the time to speak to Nathan and also to our partner ORBITICA for hosting us on their stand at Eurosatory - Merci pour ce magnifique spectacle !
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Watch the video below or read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/ecXctJg2
Discover more about the Sentry 6161 here: https://lnkd.in/e4m6NuEb
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