Combat Net Radio (CNR)

The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical awarded this Master IDIQ on March 25, 2022 to procure modernized Combat Net Radio receiver-transmitter units for ground and vehicle platforms, with ordering authority extending through March 24, 2032. The vehicle carries no set-aside restrictions and remains active with approximately five years and eight months of ordering runway remaining.

The vehicle has obligated $462 million against a combined potential value of $463.7 million across six task orders, indicating near-total drawdown of the contract ceiling. Recent activity shows steady pace: two orders awarded in each of 2024 and 2025, with the most recent deliveries in August 2025. Task orders span firm fixed-price delivery orders with completion dates primarily between mid-2026 and end-of-2027, indicating active production and fielding phases. Order values range from approximately $30.3 million to $115.8 million; the two initial orders issued March 25, 2022 carried minimum-guarantee language for First Article Test assets and post-FAT development work.

Competition is concentrated between two primes: L3Harris Technologies, Inc. holds three orders valued at $255.7 million combined potential value, and Thales Defense & Security Inc. holds three orders valued at $208 million combined potential value. No other contractors have been awarded under this vehicle. Customer demand splits evenly between Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground (3 orders, $242.9 million potential value) and the PEO C3T itself (3 orders, $220.8 million potential value), both funding modernization of SINCGARS with FH2/CT2 and FH3 waveform capability in both manpack and vehicle-mounted configurations.

The vehicle originated from an Army RFI issued September 2020 that sought solutions to upgrade legacy Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems to support modernized waveforms with NSA certification. Given the near-complete obligation of the contract ceiling, minimal remaining potential value, and closed two-prime competitive structure, pursuit is limited to subcontracting or teaming opportunities with L3Harris or Thales.

Procure a modernized Receiver Transmitter (R/T) to replace the existing Combat Network Radio