General Dynamics to Build Integrated Radio System

GENERAL DYNAMICS TO BUILD INTEGRATED RADIO SYSTEM
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Wilson P. Dizard III]
General Dynamics has won a 15-year, multibillion-dollar contract to build a nationwide interoperable voice and data radio network for federal law enforcement agencies. The Integrated Wireless Network program, run by the Justice Department with the participation of the Homeland Security and Treasury departments, is intended to provide compatible radio systems to federal police agencies, partly so they can cooperate effectively during terrorist attacks and natural disasters. It will also help the federal police link to state, local and tribal law enforcement networks. The core IWN radio systems that the program will provide to participating agencies will rely on the Internet Protocol Version 6 standard, the same type of next-generation Internet technology that increasingly will drive the operations of the World Wide Web.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/AR2007042901077.html
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