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MoD withdraws £114m comms systemBBC News reports that a £114m communications system has been withdrawn by the Ministry of Defence from front-line service after failings. Cormorant provides a digital communications backbone, but only parts were deployed to Afghanistan and they have now been superseded. Replacing it is Radwin, a £300,000 system from Israel designed to work in "severe conditions". However, the MoD denied Cormorant was "obsolete", saying it would "continue to be on standby for use when needed". The MoD says it bought Radwin as a quick solution to the current communications problems in Afghanistan and also because it offered advances in technology. The ministry says it is looking at options for network improvement in Afghanistan, including the proposed Falcon system, a new voice over internet protocol (VoIP) system, designed by BAE Systems. The MoD said comparing Cormorant to Radwin was wrong. "Cormorant is a tactical system providing a flexible communications network solution; Radwin is a point-to-point bearer for communications traffic," an MOD spokeswoman said. Cormorant first came into service at the end of 2004 in an attempt to standardise the various communication systems that were in service. However, it was not universally well received, with a number of posts on the unofficial armed forces website, Army Rumour Service, saying it has been "cursed with some of the worst procurement decisions, shoddy workmanship [and] non-existent quality control". Read the full BBC News article 'MoD withdraws £114m comms system' at: The Royal Signals - Cormorant UK Ministry of Defense Chooses RADWIN’s Wireless Broadband Systems for Connecting Bases in Afghanistan RADWIN
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