{"id":21462,"date":"2018-09-14T21:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T21:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/14\/socom-awards-47-million-for-radio-software\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:09:29","slug":"socom-awards-47-million-for-radio-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/09\/14\/socom-awards-47-million-for-radio-software\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCOM awards $47M for radio software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Special Operations Command awarded the Sierra Nevada Corporation Aug. 23 a contract worth $47 million to keep supplying and maintaining the software it uses in to ensure radios can communicate with one another across frequencies. Dubbed, TRAX, for \u201cTactical Radio Application eXtension,\u201d the software \u201cfills a [redacted] role in the Special Operations air-to-ground communication architecture,&#8221; and it works on Android devices, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract award is available<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbo.gov\/index?s=opportunity&#038;mode=form&#038;id=16aec1fd0e7b3521e25b6a2a646b1a4d&#038;tab=core&#038;_cview=0\" target=_blank> online<\/a>, and while the text omits several details, what can be seen is clear on why Sierra Nevada Corporation is the only contractor that can meet this need. Convenience is one factor. Sierra Nevada developed the software, so it makes sense to continue, and funding a new or redundant development to work in the same way and with the same interoperability would be added cost for no meaningful, tangible benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also the matter of specific intellectual property. Sierra Nevada owns the TRAX software. Keeping the TRAX program with the same provider avoids the legal battles and technical issues that could come with trying to replicate it elsewhere. While SOCOM solicited information about an alternative capability, the justification statement argues that whatever that redacted capability is, the decision was made to single track it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the field, TRAX translates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcea.org\/content\/?q=Article-us-army-has-some-new-mojo\" target=_blank>data protocols<\/a>, allowing for communication across devices that otherwise couldn\u2019t speak to each other. While military machines from radios up through planes are designed with the knowledge that they will need to be used together, and often built around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/c2-comms\/2018\/08\/22\/nsa-approves-tablet-and-communicator-for-five-eyes-special-forces\/\" target=_blank>shared protocols<\/a> to match, reality is messier than planning, so a reliable software medium is one way to retain a capability even if the equipment on hand isn\u2019t the equipment that was intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all the limitations that might otherwise come with relying on proprietary software, a proprietary software that lets disparate devices communicate with each other is a way around technological path dependent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLong term, all systems must be interoperable, survivable against electronic attack, and capable of taking advantage of a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mca-marines.org\/gazette\/2018\/08\/when-enemy-has-better-tech\" target=_blank>writes<\/a> Nick Brunetti-Lihach, a communications officer and faculty advisor at the U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is also a need to develop apps and network architecture with built-in security that is operating system agnostic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tactical Radio Application eXtension is one of the programs Brunetti-Lihach specifically cited as a promising example of how to adapt in the future. If SOCOM is drawing the same lessons from the software as the Marine Corps, it\u2019s likely both are on the right TRAX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While locked into a single supplied for the software, the software itself allows special operations forces to use a range of communication devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":48183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[8,69,106,29,32,26],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3021],"class_list":["post-21462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c2-comms","category-comms-on-the-move","category-daily-brief","category-home","category-newsletters","category-special-reports"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"YE5KWZ7EDJCHDCOUTF64QVZASU","arc_canonical_url":"\/c2-comms\/2018\/09\/14\/socom-awards-47-million-for-radio-software\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SOCOM awards $47M for radio software - C4ISRNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While locked into a single supplied for the software, the software itself allows special operations forces to use a range of communication devices.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/09\/14\/socom-awards-47-million-for-radio-software\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOCOM awards $47M for radio software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While locked into a single supplied for the software, the software itself allows special operations forces to use a range of communication devices.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/09\/14\/socom-awards-47-million-for-radio-software\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"C4ISRNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-14T21:03:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:09:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelsey D. 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