The Army just released the final version of its request for proposals for the Rifleman Radio. It is designed to "create a "radio marketplace" for multiple vendors to compete to fill delivery orders as needed".
World Defense News said:The solicitation, posted Monday on a government contracting web site, is intended to allow the Army to choose from numerous technologies, and provide it the flexibility to release a new contract in the future to take advantage of improvements in processor power, weight and battery life.