In a four-week deployment trial under the direction of the Army Development Office of the Bundeswehr Thales radios were tested for use as part of the increased forward presence of NATO were tested. The tests were carried out with the participation of the Army Development Office, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), the “Test and Trial” teams of the German Army and the Dutch and French armed forces.
“During the four-week deployment test, the PR4G and SYNAPS-H radios from Thales met the requirements so well that the system is considered suitable for introduction to the German Armed Forces. We are very pleased that nothing stands in the way of the deployment of the radios in Lithuania and that the forces there will have protected, modern radios at their disposal,” says Christoph Ruffner, CEO and Country Director at Thales Germany. https://militaeraktuell.at/polen-bringt-f-16-flotte-auf-neuesten-stand/ A particular focus of the procurement was to provide modern, encrypted, ECCM-capable command and control radios for the multinational deployment of the extended forward presence, which can also be used for communication in parallel with the transmission of data and the own position. According to Thales, “operational readiness was achieved in less than an hour” – although the soldiers only received a short briefing, as stated in the corresponding press release. According to this press release, the radios also impressed with a stable radio network and in the range tests. The purpose of NATO’s increased forward presence is to strengthen its defense and deterrence position on Europe’s eastern flank. NATO battlegroups are stationed in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as in Poland and are led by the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and the United States respectively.
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