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The AN/PSN-13 Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR; colloquially, "dagger") is a handheld GPS receiver used by the United States Department of Defense and select foreign military services. It is a military-grade, dual-frequency receiver, and has the security hardware necessary to decode the encrypted P(Y)-code GPS signals .
The United States Air Force Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element (Abbr.: DAGRE, pronounced 'dagger') is an elite, specialized security force trained for special operations.
Introduced in January 1990, and extensively fielded until 2004 when it was replaced by its successor, the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR). In that time period more than 165,000 PLGRs were procured worldwide, and despite being superseded by the DAGR, large numbers remain in unit inventories and it continues to be the most widely used GPS ...
Today, 8th Communication Battalion is composed of close to one thousand Marines and Sailors and employs over thirteen thousand end items valued at nearly $200 million. Its mission is to provide secure expeditionary communications to Marine Air Guard Task Force, Marine Component Headquarters, and other command elements to enable command and control.
A Marine Corps 2ndLt operates a PRC 119 during training in Quantico, Virginia. November 1983: ITT Corporation (ITT) wins the contract for the first type of radio, for ground troops. May 1985: ITT wins the contract for the airborne SINCGARS. May-June 1988: 4th Bn, 31st Infantry begins initial field tests of the SINCGARS radio at Fort Sill
Blue force tracking (BFT) systems consist of a computer, used to display location information, a satellite terminal and satellite antenna, used to transmit location and other military data, a Global Positioning System receiver (to determine its own position), command-and-control software (to send and receive orders, and many other battlefield support functions), and mapping software, usually ...
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The Marine Corps’ light attack squadrons are composite squadrons made up of 18 AH-1Z Vipers and 9 UH-1Y Venoms. [17] The primary missions of the Viper is close air support , forward air control , reconnaissance and armed escort, [ 18 ] while the Huey provides airborne command and control , utility support, supporting arms coordination and ...