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(Redirected from PRC-152) American military radio system
AN/PRC-152
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Type Handheld tactical radio
Service History
In service 2005-
Used by United States Army, US Marines,

US Navy, US Air Force, Canadian Army,

Armed Forces of Ukraine (export version)

Conflicts Iraq War, War in Afghanistan,

Operation Inherent Resolve,

Russo-Ukrainian War

Production history
Manufacturer L3Harris
Produced 2005-
Number built Over 100,000 (as of 2012)
Specifications
Frequency range 30-520 MHz,

762-870 MHz

Transmit power up to 5 watts
Modes analog and digital voice, digital data
Encryption NSA Type 1 algorithms (Top Secret and below)

The AN/PRC-152 Multiband Handheld Radio, is a portable, compact, tactical software-defined combat-net radio manufactured by Harris Corporation. It is compliant without waivers to the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Software Communications Architecture (SCA). It has received NSA certification for the transmission of Top Secret data.

The designation AN/PRC signifies Army/Navy Portable Radio used for two way Communications and is based on the Joint Electronics Type Designation System guidelines.

Users

The AN/PRC-152 radio began production in 2005. Since then, over 100,000 have been provided to the US military. The PRC-152 has been notably used by Prince Harry during his service with the British Army, then a 23-year-old second lieutenant in the Household Cavalry. He was responsible for providing cover for troops on the frontline as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) employing the AN/PRC-152 and other systems.

Ukraine, as part of western military aid, began receiving Harris radios during the war in Donbas. This included the Harris RF-310M-HH, an export version of the PRC-152 without NSA Type 1 encryption.

AN/PRC-152

Specifications

General

  • Frequency Range: 30 to 511.99 MHz
  • Presets: 99
  • Transmission Modes: FM, AM, PSK, CPM
  • Tuning Resolution: 10 Hz

Transmitter

  • Output Power: 250 mW to 5 W / VSAT 10 W
  • Harmonic Suppression: –47 dBc
  • Frequency Stability: +/- 2.5 ppm

Receiver

  • FM Sensitivity -116 dBm (12 dB SINAD)
  • Adjacent Channel Greater than 55 dB Rejection

Interoperability

Interfaces

Physical Dimensions

  • 64(68.6 GPS) x 234 x 43 mm 2.5(2.7 GPS) W x 9.2 H x 1.7 D inches (with battery)
  • Weight: 1.22 kg 2.7 lb (with battery and GPS)

Environmental

Key Features

  • SCA v2.2
  • Sierra II Programmable Crypto
  • Built-in Speaker/Mic
  • Full Numeric Keypad
  • NVG Compatible Display
  • Embedded GPS (optional)
  • MELP

Waveforms

See also

References

  1. Defense Tech: SOCOM's New Radio Archived May 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Press Releases - Harris". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. "Press Releases - Harris". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. "Harris Corporation announces AN/PRC-152 handheld radio – first radio implementing SCA certified by the NSA". 24 August 2005.
  5. "Harris Corporation Awarded $397 Million Contract to Provide U.S. Department of Defense with Falcon III Handheld Radios". www.businesswire.com. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  6. "Prince Harry determined to return to front line". The Telegraph. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016. (Picture shows Prince Harry with PRC-152 radio)
  7. "The Ukrainian army has got better at fighting Russian-backed separatists". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  8. ^ "HARRIS FALCON III AN/PRC-152A Datasheet" (PDF). L3Harris Technologies. July 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  9. "SNC - Sierra Nevada Corporation | Tacticomp 1.5". www.sncorp.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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