REDCOM® Laboratories, Inc. is a U.S. company that specializes in the development of advanced strategic, operational, and tactical communication solutions with a focus on interoperability, flexibility, and ease of use.
The company needed to create a solution for a customer that would bring together a variety of disparate radio systems so all the radios could interoperate to ensure secure, clear, real-time communication between different teams at the tactical edge.
The Challenge: Bridging the Communication Divide
A government agency that manages operations across a wide and often contested battlespace faced a critical breakdown in tactical communications at the edge. Units equipped with different radio systems were unable to communicate directly during live missions. This forced units to rely on manual relays or workarounds, slowing coordination during maneuvers.
This lack of radio interoperability threatened mission command by degrading shared situational awareness and delaying the transmission of time-sensitive orders and reports. Without a rapid means to bridge disparate radio networks, units risked delayed movements, missed coordination windows, increased fratricide risk, and reduced effectiveness against a dynamic adversary.
To restore C2 at the edge, the organization invested in PacStar 400-Series deployable communication kits and required a way to unify multiple radio systems and route voice and data over any available transport—5G/LTE, Wi-Fi, or satellite—while remaining simple enough for soldiers to operate under combat conditions.
