March 3, 2012: SOCOM (Special Operations Command) is buying $170 million of new satellite communications gear. What's special about this new stuff is that it's portable (via hummer or backpack) and ...

Col. Dave Dykema, with the U.S. Army Operational Test Command's (OTC) Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He said the new backpack ...